2/7/2026, 9:09 PM
She would not trust so readily. This pleases the nomad. Even so, he had been prepared to serve a fool if fate required it. The man’s eyes behold the empress pointedly, a tooth snagging as his lips free a grin. Her voice folds back into the gentler native-tongue.
“I am loyal still in many ways to the khagan, I traveled his silk road for some time after service as a mercenary for hire. It is good training. But it is empty work.” Loyal, yes. Batu was his son, though he does not say this.
“I know a bit of the world, and your court intrigues me.”
She intrigues him.
“I am loyal still in many ways to the khagan, I traveled his silk road for some time after service as a mercenary for hire. It is good training. But it is empty work.” Loyal, yes. Batu was his son, though he does not say this.
“I know a bit of the world, and your court intrigues me.”
She intrigues him.
mongolian | mandarin