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"Think, think, colleagues, which of the vultures will hasten to sink their carrion teeth into your body," Lester throws at the crowd. "It will clearly not be milord of Loyalty, with whom we have a momentary misunderstanding, and with whom I will step out one-on-one and settle things, but someone will be—there's no doubt about that, and we all know very well who. I thought it was all disinformation, but when I saw her in person and heard her,"—his head turns toward a glass of Borjomi—"you shouldn't cross paths with her. And the game is not as simple as it might seem. But when have we ever lost? Never! Surely nothing like this stopped our great-grandfathers, nor our grandfathers, nor even our fathers!" he takes an aggressive sip. "We shape the future, and no one tells us what to do. Not Uncle Petya, not Aunt Motya. We are Kanamiya, we are the blood of the Founder, we live here and now, while our opponents breathe ten altins of earth, after all! You are a man! And you! And you!"—the knight picked a few "random" grumblers from the crowd—but in reality, they were the ones who had previously been venting. "And I will trust you with my back just as you will trust me with yours. I know for certain—in our hands, and no one else's—lie the fates of our wives, daughters, sisters, sons. I'm not calling you to anything—if you want, live your life and be happy. But will you be, if you neglect to defend your loved ones?"
Part of the bar's patrons were inspired by the knight's fiery speech and responded with approving shouts, while the other part, on the contrary, became even more dejected.
"If the fates of our wives, daughters, sisters, and sons are not limitless, then in the face of an impending threat, you just need to get the hell out of here," snapped a patron who had been sitting silently until then. "That's exactly what Milord Yota, my dear friend, told me when we discussed this topic. But you know what, Milord Lester Vargas, I have no wife, daughter, sister, or son, so I can afford to manage my life more recklessly than a man my age should, and therefore I will fully test whether you yourself live up to the words you just uttered. I will become your shadow, mark my words... I'll write down all your shady dealings in my notebook and expose them to the light."