Bah!” Magnus scoffed. “Humans always blame dwarves. A baby goes missing, and it was a dwarf that stole it. A princess runs off with a second son of a king, and it was a dwarf who lured her to a deep prison. And when they find her with the prince—lo, she was rescued!“A king is stabbed in the back in his own chapel, and a princess’s towers turned into a death trap,” Royce called back to them. “Friends are betrayed and trapped in a prison—yes, I can see your surprise. Where do they get such ideas?”“Damn his even ears,” Magnus said.

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