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     Zoltan: "Wise words, milady. Wise words indeed. And now your morning repast is ready!"      She sits down in front of the plate of food prepared to dig in when the door to the outside opens. Zoltan starts to move to intercept whoever has walked in.      Zoltan: "Here now, you are too young to come into this place, if it is food you want I can load up a plate for you and you can eat it outside."      Annia: "Please sir, I am not hungry, I need help, someone to help me, please?"      Zoltan: "There is no one up to help you, why do you not ask some guardsmen?"      Annia: She rubs a sore place on her hip, "They just kicked me for disturbing them." Tears start to run down her face, please, do you know anyone who would help me?"      Zoltan is trying to figure out what he is going to do when Iriisii kneels down next to her.      Iriisii: "Please tell me what the proble...

AE10 The Story of Iriisii Dovahkiin

     Tricia: "Let us go, we can talk more on the way."      They make their way through the streets, noting the unrest among the citizenry.      Iriisii: "What is the cause for the unrest among the people?"      Tricia: "It is difficult to point a finger at a single cause. There are many different things going on. Some financial, some political, others religious, still more point to a breakdown in ethical behavior. If there is a single root cause, I am not aware of it. But it is beyond this one city, it is spread across the country. And the current government is either oblivious to it, doesn't care, or..."      Iriisii: "or is involved in it in some way?"      Tricia: "You sense what I sense in this then."      Iriisii: "I think you are both close to the mark and at the same time far away from it."      Tricia: "How is that?"      Iriisii: "What you see ...

AE9 The Story of Iriisii Dovahkiin

     The 'Circus' private limo drives up into the KVJT visitor parking area having to park across three slots to make it out of the way. Julie looks over the vehicles, marking off who is here and who is not.      Julie: "Yep, Kennerman is here all right, this should be fun."      Tricia grins at Julie's comment, knowing from Martha and her friends' gossip what the situation is as well as Kennerman's reputation. The trio make their way to the front door as Joel walks out.      Joel: "Julie! Have you heard the word going around?"      Julie: "No, what is it that has you so excited?"      Joel: "The tape of your interview. The results just came in on the viewership ratings. Girl, you just broke the all time record. Kennerman is having a fit. You left his record eating your dust! Hell, even the major networks picked it up after they got wind of it and you know that has never happened for him before." ...