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Chapter 14 - 14

Princess Hannah nods. "Well, it sounds like an important position to me."

Varys nods back. "Why, thank you. Do you play darts?"

Hannah responds, "I play occasionally, when I'm not needed in court."

"Oh, you work in court? Do you know the Princess?"

Hannah grins. "Quite well."

You try to interject, but Hannah raises her hand for you not to interrupt the conversation. Varys pulls out a few darts from his pocket. "Care for a game? I always carry a few darts with me just in case I have the time."

Hannah nods. "I don't see why not."

Varys looks over at Hannah. "Do you need me to show you how to throw them?"

"Actually, I'm quite good at observing; could you go first?"

Varys draws a crude dartboard on the side of the wall with some chalk. Then he stands back at an appropriate distance and throws three darts in a row. The first two hit the outer circle, and the third comes very close to a bullseye.

Hannah walks over and picks up the darts. She throws the first one, and it completely misses. Varys chuckles. She throws a second one, and it actually hits within the outer circle. Varys claps. She throws a third shot, and it hits the border of the inner circle, not close to the bullseye though.

Varys goes over and picks up the darts. "You're not a bad shot. Maybe I could help you with your technique sometime."

Hannah yawns. "I don't know, I find fencing to be much more entertaining."

Varys frowns. "Fencing? But you're a woman!"

Hannah puts her hands on her hips. "And?"

Varys says, "Well it's…it's just improper." He looks over at you. "Don't you agree, Dorn?"

You put your hands up. "Oh, I'm not getting into this argument. You're on your own here."

Hannah picks up two sticks and hands one to Varys. "Want to do a quick match?"

Varys laughs. "I wouldn't want to hurt you."

Hannah looks around. "Oh, afraid you'll get your ass kicked, I understand."

Varys gets a little angry at that. "Okay, let's go…first to get three clean hits wins."

Hannah nods. Varys takes off his jacket and gets ready.

You walk over to him. "Are you sure about this? It's not the first time you'll have your ass handed to you by a woman."

He laughs. "That was a fluke. I could have easily won that darts competition. I was just tired from the team melee you forced me into."

You sigh. "From what I remember, you didn't fare that well when it came to hand-to-hand combat."

Varys rolls his eyes. "If you're worried I'm going to hurt this girl, I'll go easy on her, okay?"