Blacktail Deer Plateau rage, rage

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Siege had also been on a patrol.  Since his induction to ranks he went nearly every morning and checked again in the evenings. 

Where he came from, gladiator matches were not uncommon, but rarely did they call for the consul.  He pulled from his work and arrived silently as he was prone to do, about halfway through the conversation.

That explained things.  He made himself apparent as an observer and reclined casually and sphynxlike on a nearby boulder.