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Geran quickly made himself an enemy of the Merchant Council after a confrontation with three armsmen of House Veruna who were trying to extort and intimidate Mirya in the provisions store that she owned. This was the first time that Geran had seen Mirya in ten years, and he was surprised to discover that she had a young daughter named Selsha, but his old lover was still unmarried and refused to speak of the father.