He pulled the boy off the bed, unceremoniously wrapping him up in the tangled black fur rug before flinging him over his shoulder. "Sorry, no time for you to adduce me on why you shouldn't be kidnapped, noble snobbiness." He remarked, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards. The son hadn't made a peep yet, thanks to the drug running through his system. His arguments wouldn't hold up to the people in any case and he wouldn't be arguing in front of the more sympathetic and just as idiotic rulers in his class either. No, this was the last night for the son to be a noble. After this point...well...
With a quick glance around the room, the man left as quietly as he'd entered, not a soul around to have their last look of the yellow-bellied skink. This he had ensured earlier in the day. No one would know how, when, or just quite how the son had disappeared.
And he knew none would care beyond the parents. Good luck to them tracking him down. Where the son was going, none would know him.
Adduce - to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis.
Added Info -We won't lead you astray over the history of "adduce;" it is one of a plethora of familiar words that traces back to the Latin root ducere, which means "to lead." Perhaps we can induce you to deduce a few other ducere offspring if we offer a few hints about them. One is a synonym of "kidnap," one's a title for a British royal, and one's another word for "decrease." Give up? They are "abduct," "duke," and "reduce," respectively. There are also many others, including "induce," which means "to persuade" or "to bring about."
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