M'uhmughmuhmuh. The hushed babble of the spectators crests as the guards bring the prisoner into the hall. Patron Jamis looks up at the gallery, stern, and the mutters fade. The girl looks like all the rest of her kind, dirty and scarred, but she has the nine bands of Authority tattooed on her forehead and she stands straight, even under the weight of her chains. Jamis clasps his hands behind his back, considering. They've had other Destructives before, but never one with the full nine. It means she is a leader and a prophet. Maybe even the leader and prophet.
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