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I should suppose that Costis couldn't have gotten into the palace without being part of the diplomatic entourage (which, yes, must be housed in the palace.) I mean, the Thief could have snuck in, but Costis must have been admitted.
Which is a plot hole--when the Medes realized that Kamet was travelling with an Attolian, you'd expect repercussions upon Ornan and his embassage when they realized that one of Ornan's own guards was missing...
Unless, huh, there wasn't a guard missing. All Attolians probably look alike to the Medes, even those not as shortsighted as Kamet. If there was an Attolian guard in Ornan's entourage, of approximately Costis's height and coloring, he could have left the palace that one day on an errand and Costis donned his uniform and returned in his place for just long enough to waylay Kamet.
Then that afternoon the actual member of the entourage would return for real, while Kamet and Costis were at the theatre.
No one missing from the Attolian embassy, and nothing to connect Kamet's disappearance to the embassy proper even when the Medes eventually figure out a foreigner, maybe Attolian, was involved....
Which is a plot hole--when the Medes realized that Kamet was travelling with an Attolian, you'd expect repercussions upon Ornan and his embassage when they realized that one of Ornan's own guards was missing...
Unless, huh, there wasn't a guard missing. All Attolians probably look alike to the Medes, even those not as shortsighted as Kamet. If there was an Attolian guard in Ornan's entourage, of approximately Costis's height and coloring, he could have left the palace that one day on an errand and Costis donned his uniform and returned in his place for just long enough to waylay Kamet.
Then that afternoon the actual member of the entourage would return for real, while Kamet and Costis were at the theatre.
No one missing from the Attolian embassy, and nothing to connect Kamet's disappearance to the embassy proper even when the Medes eventually figure out a foreigner, maybe Attolian, was involved....
Does that work?
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