Quicksilver's Knight

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Geoffrey had decided that it was very boring being the son of a nobleman—especially the second son, even if the first was away from home.  It was even more boring if the only thing you were really good at was war, and nobody was obliging you by attacking your king.  He would have settled gladly for even a nice pocket war, a tidy little rebellion in some distant corner of the kingdom of Gramarye, with a few good battles, some privations to endure and trials of will and muscle, feasting and celebrating after the victory—Geoffrey had no doubt that with him on the King's side, the rebellion would end in victory.

Unfortunately, the rest of the kingdom seemed to have no doubt about that, either—or perhaps it was just King Tuan's twenty-five-year record of winning every battle he had fought, especially with the Gallowglass family on his side.  If Geoffrey couldn't win single-handedly, his parents, brother, and sister could certainly tip the scales in his favor.

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