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‘Do you know we don’t even actually raid now, half the time? We extort, instead. We knock on the gates, and threaten to raid, and they hand over their silver. Not even a// their silver! A politely negotiated amount! And do you know what we do then?’ ‘Yes,’ Feilan said, feeling the smile trying to take over his mouth. ‘You give them a receipt.’ ‘We give them a receipt!’

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‘Do you know we don’t even actually raid now, half the time? We extort, instead. We knock on the gates, and threaten to raid, and they hand over their silver. Not even a// their silver! A politely negotiated amount! And do you know what we do then?’ ‘Yes,’ Feilan said, feeling the smile trying to take over his mouth. ‘You give them a receipt.’ ‘We give them a receipt!’
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Wendy Palmer (wendypalmer@mastodon.au)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 14:10:37 JST Wendy Palmer

#WordWeavers 5. Share an interesting fact about the society your characters live in
It’s Viking-inspired, and do you know what happened as the raids began to die off and trading came to the fore?
Here’s my “bear-warrior” complaining about it

In conversation about 18 days ago from mastodon.au permalink