Hobby
“SECRETS IN A SUIT OF GREENS AND GOLDS—THE GOLD a cotta of the mage's that Viviane had tailored to fit him, the green some old hose sewn over with gold patches and bells—Hobby strode through the crowd with a tambourine collecting coins after each performance.
"Our boy Hobby will pass amongst you, a small hawk among the pigeons," Ambrosius had announced before completing his final trick, the one in which Viviane was shut up in a box and subsequently disappeared, appearing again with a great flour...ish at the wagon's door.
Hobby had glowed when Ambrosius pronounced his name and claimed, aloud, possession of him. Our boy, the mage said, as if they were a family, just the three of them. As in his dream. Hobby repeated the phrase sotto voce and smiled. That infectious smile brought coins waterfalling into his tambourine, though he was unaware of its power.
On the third day of the fair, after their evening performance, when Viviane had sung in three different voices at the wagon's door, a broad-faced soldier with a red plume came up to them and stood carefully at attention.MoreLess
"Our boy Hobby will pass amongst you, a small hawk among the pigeons," Ambrosius had announced before completing his final trick, the one in which Viviane was shut up in a box and subsequently disappeared, appearing again with a great flour...ish at the wagon's door.
Hobby had glowed when Ambrosius pronounced his name and claimed, aloud, possession of him. Our boy, the mage said, as if they were a family, just the three of them. As in his dream. Hobby repeated the phrase sotto voce and smiled. That infectious smile brought coins waterfalling into his tambourine, though he was unaware of its power.
On the third day of the fair, after their evening performance, when Viviane had sung in three different voices at the wagon's door, a broad-faced soldier with a red plume came up to them and stood carefully at attention.MoreLess
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