The car bomb is not subtle.To be clear, it is not our car and it is not in our garage and nobody is hurt, but a vehicle registered to one of Thalrion's subsidiary companies explodes in a car park three blocks away at seven in the morning and the message is not ambiguous.Thalrion gets the call while we are having breakfast.I watch his face.He is already standing by the time the call ends, fully switched into the thing he becomes when something operational requires him, and he looks at me across the table and says, "Stay here.""What happened?" I ask.He tells me.I put my fork down."He's escalating," I say."Yes," he replies."A subsidiary company vehicle," I say. "Public location. Early morning. He chose a time when maximum people would see it." I look at the table. "He's not trying to hurt anyone. Yet. He's announcing.""Looks like it," Thalrion replies."Looks like he's telling you he can reach you anywhere," I say. "Not just here.""Yes," he replies. And then, quieter, "He's te
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