"So… the lost tower, eh? What’s there to share? People make too big a deal about it"
Albanus looked at his father as if he were seeing him for the first time.
“Father, we haven’t been completely honest with you.”
“What are you talking about, Albanus?”
“We came here skirting around the truth, and I think you deserve to know. It has occurred to me that telling you the truth might actually lead us to a way out of our terrible predicament.”
The father growled with annoyance.
“Do you think I have time for riddles? At my age? Just speak plainly, boy.”
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