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that we care about that so long as the crew behaves and they stay orderly, but
pirate crews don t always do that.
 And sevenday nights? Why does that make a. difference to the crews?
Caersyn laughed.   It s not the crews. It s the locals. More of them are out
on sevenday evenings, and they don t care much for outland sailors with lots
of silvers. We shift more patrols to the eateries and taverns after dusk. So
does the city station.
* That also made sense to Rahl, although he wouldn t have thought of it.
 You a weaponsmaster with truncheon? Caersyn asked, indicating a touch more
than idle curiosity.
 Jyrolt said my skills were more than adequate.
The other laughed.  From him, that s praise. You get all those nicks in the
old one working against blades?
 Against Khaill and Jyrolt. ,  With a truncheon? They re both armsmasters.
 Sometimes with a staff, Rahl admitted.
 Wondered why they d send a new ordermage here. That explains it.
 The captain said I d be working the piers, places where it s so crowded that
sometimes chaos-bolts are hard to use.
 He say who you ll be working with?
 Mage-Guard Myala.
Caersyn winced.  Better you than me. You make a mistake, and you ll know it.
That didn t surprise Rahl either. He looked down at the station manual.  I
guess I d better learn this.
 That you had.
The day was quiet until just past midday, and, after a while Rahl turned in
his old truncheon. He d only been back at the duty desk for a short time when
an older mage-guard appeared.
 Caersyn, we ve got something to be logged.
Rahl set aside the manual and reached for the duty book.
 Oh, Niasl, this is Rahl, Caersyn said.  Started today. What s up?
 Good to meet you. Niasl offered a quick smile, then went on,  Hydlenese ship
on pier two the Pyrdyan Pride& has a chaos-mage on board. Man ran down the
gangway, trying to leave. Mage flamed him. He s dead. The captain claimed he
was a stowaway. He was too well dressed for that, but the mage never left the
ship so we can t do much about him. We re keeping watch on the ship.
Caersyn looked to Rahl.  Enter that.
 Yes, ser. Rahl was already writing what the pier . mage-guard had said, if
adding a few words to make the report clearer.
 We ll add watch reports for the undercaptain and the captain, added Caersyn.
After Niasl had left, Rahl wrote up the two watch reports, under Caersyn s
direction, and carried them to the two mage-guards message boxes. When Gheryk
returned, he read the report, but only nodded on his way past the duty desk,
clearly preoccupied with something else.
Rahl wondered if it had to do with him and what Shyret represented, but he
doubted it. While Shyret might well remain a problem for Rahl, Gheryk
doubtless had far larger concerns than the shady trading of a Recluce factor.
At the end of the day shift, when another mage-guard appeared, Caersyn stood
and stretched.  Ready to eat?
Rahl was more than ready, since all he d had since breakfast was the midday
duty ration of bread and cheese, and he followed the older mage-guard.
As at Luba station, there were three tables in the mage-guard mess. One for
men, one for women, and one for juniors, although Rahl noted that a female
mage-clerk was seated at the lower end of the women s table. The junior table
was empty.
Rahl took a seat at the lower end of the men s table.
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 We re not real formal here, Caersyn said,  except for the places at the
head. Those are in case the captain or undercaptain need to join us. He
glanced around the table, where there were but five others.  It s a light
night, because some of those without consorts go out on their own on
sevenday. Caersyn raised his voice slightly.  For those of you who haven t
met Rahl, he got sent here after a stint, as a mage-clerk at Luba station. -
 Good training for here, they say, offered a graying and long-faced
mage-guard.  I m Hewart.
 Vosyn& 
The introductions went around the table as an attendant appeared and set
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