"Do you know how Timasion, Cleanor, and the others view you? If I leave you here with your wife and daughter, imagine what might happen!" Juleios sneered.
"You promised to send me to Asia Minor!" Marigi said bitterly.
"Asia Minor is going to war. Didn't you hear just now?"
"I... I could hide in a remote mountain area of Asia Minor and live anonymously!" Marigi insisted stubbornly.
"That would be a waste of your talents, Marigi. I've always thought that Darius the Younger underutilized your abilities by only making you his personal merchant! Of course, in Persia, your background limited your opportunities. But with me, you won't face any such limitations. I will give you a vast stage to showcase your talents!" Juleios promised.
"Follow you? To fight and kill more indigenous people, then lord over a 'small village'?" Marigi sneered.
