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Usage examples of aoa.

The Remembrancer-Duke Aorih ja-Erh’aoa tzu Tsinra-an sat facing him in a carved chair-of-state, hands posed formally on the heads of the crouching troglodyths that formed the arms of the chair.

Chauvelin read impatience and irritation in the movement, and in the still face of the human woman who stood at ja-Erh’aoa’s left hand, and braced himself for whatever was to follow.

It was too direct, put ja-Erh’aoa in a position where he could only answer yes—and he himself was too vulnerable to that accusation to risk angering his patron.

He made himself face ja-Erh’aoa guilelessly, as though no one had touched his one vulnerable spot, pretended he did not see the Remembrancer-Duke’s fingerclaws close over the troglodyths’ heads.

Then, quite slowly, ja-Erh’aoa’s hands loosened again, and he said, with apparent inconsequence, “How is your guest, Chauvelin?

He made a mental note to make a second investigation of the half-dozen attendants who had arrived with ji-Imbaoa.

Eriki Haas tzu Tsinra-an, ja-Erh’aoa’s First Speaker, looked back at him without expression, came slowly forward to kneel on the carpeting in front of ja-Erh’aoa’s empty chair.

So I will find a reason for him to have to keep me, and I think I will begin with finding something, or something more, to discredit ji-lmbaoa.

There was no point in going back to bed—the conference had been scheduled at ja-Erh’aoa’s convenience, and he himself had other appointments later in the day.

The woman was part of ji-Imbaoa’s household, and Chauvelin set the tea aside untouched.

What the ninth hell could ji-Imbaoa want, at this hour, when he’s bound to be hung over, or still drunk, if I’m particularly unlucky?

Why would anyone be stupid enough to trust ji-Imbaoa with pressed servants?

He filed the observation for later use, and braced himself as the woman came to a stop outside the door of ji-Imbaoa’s suite.

Ji-lmbaoa had taken particular pleasure in moving his household into the rooms, and Chauvelin had had to keep a sharp grip on his temper to keep from betraying the existence of a second group of rooms.

Ji-Imbaoa would have been happy to move in there, at the expense of his own comfort, just to win a few points in an’ahoba.