They were querulous and imploring, reproachful and splenetic. 'You have used us!' 'This is not part of our arrangement!' 'We demand an end to this! We demand that you release us!' 'It is past time you let us go!' Urch-Malmain twitched his bent body indignantly. 'Oh hssst! Cease your squabbling, all of you! It does no good! You cannot leave until I release you, and I will not release you until your function is fulfilled!' Over his shoulder he spoke sharply to Leth. 'Pay these petulant entities no heed, Swordbearer. They have entered into a compact of business, yet are bearing their travails with poor grace. The facts are simple, whatever they may claim: I employed them to a specific end, and that end is not yet achieved. Hence, they remain in my service.' 'That is not so!' came a voice from beneath the circular troughs, where a coruscating blue-green fume now curled and billowed. 'Yes it is. You simply have a predilection for argument.
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