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Sensibility, smiling, agreed that Hod could deal with the guards, advising him that such a betrayal of their duties woul require severe punishment. They both knew that when she said severe, she meant she didn't care if they didn't survive the punishing, though Hod was not required to kill them. They still had their uses, after all.
She took the gifts, and left, leaving orders for the guards to be taken to the lower cells, half-submerged in stagnant water from the lake, and word for Hod to be told where they were held apon his return, and could attend to them as he pleased, after reporting to Sensibilities quarters, where he was to bring her daughter and reclaim the helmet.

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Cal considered the guard for a moment, annoyed at his tone
And why the sudden interest in this girl, this Niveus? She thought to herself that she might have a look inside this file before she gave it over, perhaps find out what was so interesting about this girl.
Finally she nodded, "I will do as you ask. But if you speak a word of this to anyone, I will have you severly punished. You know I have that power, though you seem to lack the proper respect for it. You should remember who you are speaking to. Remember that I will command all of you one day.
Meet me tomorrow, this side of the main bridge. I'll have to give you the file outside the palace grounds, obviously, because I can stop the guards from searching me, whereas even Orderlies may be searched on a whim."
She considered for a moment more what she was agreeing too, for even Sensibilities daughter would punished for stealing from the palace, though her kind of punishment would not involve torture. At least not the kind that left physical marks.
"If you are found with this file, I leave it to you to get yourself out of it. You're not to speak to anyone of my involvement. If all that is settled, we have a deal." She held out her hand for him to shake.