Chapter 123: What Vael and Lyr Said at Dinner

Dinner was twenty-six people.

His mother had added two chairs when Vael confirmed Lyr’s presence and had added four more when the remaining members of the seventh class who were still in Valdenmoor asked to attend and two more when Dael arrived from the archive with three of the pattern students in tow and the specific expression of someone who had been in the middle of a significant documentation session and had been reminded that dinner existed.

Twenty-six people.

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