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    “I am Her Imperial Highness Kristie Rantha-Briggs of the Empire of Ispar!” ’“There is an old saying in many cultures that have a warrior’s code, that ‘only in death does duty end.’


    “You have proven that saying is a lie.


    “You have abandoned what should have been your rest to take up your duty and safeguard those who yet live, your kin and kind, your friends and family.


    “You are fools. The most noble and valiant kind of fools.


    “I promise you this. I will return with those you have warded with your lives and your deaths. They will take up your duties, and finally allow you to rest, to be free of this foolishness you chose on their behalf.


    “Receive the Salute of the Rose, noble fools, on behalf of all those living you have saved, and who will one day


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