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           "Well,that’sallyouknowbecauseIbloodywellambecauseSupremeGrandMasteraskedmetoopentheLodgeonaccountofhimbeingdelayedwithallthiscoronationwork,"saidBrotherWatchtowerhaughtily."Ifthatdoesn’tmakemeActingSupremeGrandbloodyMasterI’dliketoknowwhatdoes,allright?"

           "Idon’tseewhy,"mutteredBrotherDoorkeeper."Youdon’thaveagrandtitlelikethat.Youcouldjustbecalledsomethinglike,well...RitualsMonitor."

           "Yeah,"saidBrotherPlasterer."Don’tseewhyyoushouldgiveyourselfairs.Youain’tevenbeentaughttheancientandmysticmysteriesbymonks,oranything."

           "We’vebeenhangingaroundforhours,too,"saidBrotherDoorkeeper."That’snotright.Ithoughtwe’dgetrewarded-"

           BrotherWatchtowerrealisedthathewaslosingcontrol.Hetriedwheedlingdiplomacy.

           "I’msureSupremeGrandMasterwillbealongdirectly,"hesaid."Let’snotspoilitallnow,eh?Lads?Arrangingthatfightwiththedragonandeverything,gettingitalloffright,thatwassomething,wasn’tit?We’vebeenthroughalot,right?It’sworthwaitingjustabitlonger,okay?’

           Thecircleofrobedandcowledfiguresshuffledingrudgingagreement.

           "Okay."

           "Fairenough."

           "Yeah."

           certainly.

           "Okay."

           "Ifyousayso."

           ItbegantocreepoverBrotherWatchtowerthatsomethingwasn’tright,buthecouldn’tquiteputanametoit.

           "Uh,"hesaid."Brothers?"

           They,too,shifteduneasily.Somethingintheroomwassettingtheirteethonedge.