ASoI - Being an audience

Being an audience
The Great Khan was put into an expansive mood by drinking cosmos, and told tales that would captivate the room. Old legends

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'There are legends in these parts of demons that drink blood, and so live forever...'
'The history of immortality is a long one,' said the Khan. 'The peoples of Cathay have their jiangshi, terrible living corpses; the Persians have the blood-drinking children of Lilith. My brothers tell me that you Europeans have them too - succubi that steal the life from the living. Such widespread beliefs must be based in fact, no?

'For me,' he continued, taking a deep gulp from his cup, 'immortality is the empire, My deeds will live forever, and my family will never die out.'

The Princess stayed very still during this speech. Her eyes glistened in the firelight.

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