"You've left me behind. What have you been reading, Mel? Life! You should go up to Erev-li-Erval and help take the field against the Djurans. Unless you're planning another revolution here!" "Were you thinking of taking the field against me?" the Marquis addressed me in his usual drawl. Aghast, I choked on a bite of food. Then I saw the gleam of humor in his eyes, and realized he'd been joking. "But I'm not," I squawked. "Not at all! I just like, well, reading and thinking about these things." "And testing knowledge, Danric," Bran added."