Gawain took considerable effort to suppress the whirlwind of nonsense in his mind and felt immensely grateful that he didn't bring Amber along this time—otherwise, that half-elf would surely deduce a multitude of things from the changes in his expression, leading to several exaggerated versions of the "Holy Gibberish of Emperor Gawain Cecil" appearing in the next clandestine edition of the "Emperor's Edicts"...
He shook his head and looked at the God of Nature before him. The latter let out a light laugh and said, "Obviously, you don't intend to help me lift these restraints."
"We've already discussed this issue," Gawain replied calmly, "I'm more interested in what you said just now, 'there really is such a day'—do you mean you anticipated what the Goddess of Magic was going to do?"
