The listeners he cultivated were quite impressive.
One was Fuzan, Princess Liuying's personal treasurer for the Underground. The treasure's regal posture never wavered even as her sharp eyes fixed on him.
Another was Archelaus, a demi-god said to be one of the fifty sons Orion fathered from sleeping with fifty nymphs. The demigod had taken up a place near the edge of the gathering, his eyes always flicking and his smile never leaving him yet never approaching anyone of importance.
