" I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it..." My purse is full enough," said the magus, " to keep you supplied with roast chickens." " So, so, so," I said. " We know who the power behind the throne is," and the magus laughed." You eat more than Gen did after prison," he said." I have more sympathy with him all the time. Are you going to finish that drumstick?" I asked." I am. Stop staring at it. "