”They nodded, Seranni looking curious, Velanna suspicious. “We give you our word.” Velanna said it out loud, for which I was grateful. Seranni�...s agreement was apparent.I sighed. “There is no cure for the darkspawn taint. No one who is infected will survive it.”Velanna sputtered indignantly, while Seranni slumped, looking defeated.I held up my hand again. “However, there is a way to slow down the progression.” Velanna lapsed into silence, while Seranni just stared at me with tear-filled eyes.. . will you be my best, er, maid ofhonor?" she asked, wincing. She still needed to get used to her newlife.Valencia did not acknowledge the error and immediately said yes, andhugged her sister's arm even tighter, giddy with joy.By the time they got to the throne room, various members of thegovernment were already mingling. Security was considerably more visibleat each door and, Asta was sure, in the halls and corridors that led tothe throne room. Asta had never met most of them but did. The tv showed a welcome message to the newstudents starting today and that lessons would be starting at 9am.Andi rolled out of bed to use the toilet. For some reason, even thoughhe only needed to pee, he sat down to do it, he was too drowsy at thistime of the morning to even think twice about it though. He cleanedup, washed and went back to his room where a tray of breakfast itemswas waiting for him next to the dumb waiter lift. He picked the trayup and sat down on his bed to eat his cereal. .” he said.“Yeah exactly,” I said. “And how do you think I’m going to be feeling when he does those things with them?”The conversation went back and forth for a long while, two pitchers of draft worth. For all of the intensity that the conversation was fraught with, the atmosphere remained cool and calm.“So you’re willing to come visit me and Cecilia?” he said.“Yeah, I guess. Labor Day’s only a couple of weeks off. But at your house, not hers and that other guy’s,” I said.“Can I invite them?”.