Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           VizimirofRedaniasigheddeeply,grabbedoneofthechalicesstandingonthetableandtookalongdraught.Rainbatteredagainstthewindowsthroughouttheprolongedsilence,andthewindhowledandpoundedagainsttheshutters.

           "Alltheworriesofwhichwetalk,"saidHenseltfinally,"istheworkofNilfgaard.ItisEmhyr’semissarieswhoareincitingthenon-humans,spreadingpropagandaandcallingforriots.Itistheywhoarethrowinggoldaroundandpromisingprivilegestocorporationsandguilds,assuringbaronsanddukestheywillreceivehighpositionsintheprovincestheyplantocreateinplaceofourkingdoms.Idon’tknowwhatit’slikeinyourcountries,butinKaedwenwe’vebeeninundatedwithclerics,preachers,fortunetellersandothershittymysticsallappearingoutoftheblue,allpreachingtheendoftheworld…"

           "It’sthesameinmycountry,"agreedFoltest."Damnit,forsomanyyearstherewaspeace.Eversincemygrandfathershowedtheclericstheirplaceanddecimatedtheirranks,thosewhoremainedstucktousefultasks.Theystudiedbooksandinstilledknowledgeinchildren,treatedthesick,tookcareofthepoor,thehandicappedandthehomeless.Theydidn’tgetmixedupinpolitics.Andnowallofasuddenthey’vewokenupandareyellingnonsensetotherabble–andtherabbleislisteningandbelievestheyknow,atlast,whytheirlivesaresohard.IputupwithitbecauseI’mlessimpetuousthanmygrandfatherandlesssensitiveaboutmyroyalauthorityanddignitythanhewas.