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"It has saved lives", Jame said "Men can still die by each other’s knives if they are deterive themselves ti", Kathana said "But I suppose it doescut up on the street"

Ja his hand on his sword The hilt, Mat noticed for the first tih he could not see if the blade was or not Before Mat could ask another question, Kathanaat some men who had spilled ale on their table She did not see

"Hows the weather, to the north?" Jaht ahead

"Dreary", Mat replied, honestly "As everywhere"

"Men say it’s the Last Battle", Jarunted "If it is, it would be a bad ti with politics, wouldn’t you think?"

"Bloody right it would be", Mat said "People need to stop playing games and have a look at the sky"

Jame eyed hi"

Light, Mat thought He must think I’m a spy of some sort "It’s not my choice", Mat said "Sometimes, people will only listen to what they want to hear" He took another bite of hisato a dance where there were only ugly girls This, however, was a the better of the bad that he had had the ht just learn the truth", Jame said

"You have to find the truth first", Mat said "It’s harder thanpast "The ‘truth’ is so men debate in bars when they’re too drunk to reood company I wouldn’t put too much stock in it, traveler"

"The name’s Mandevwin", Mat said

"I’m sure it is", Kathana said She looked him over then "Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit theeye quite well"

"Is that so", Mat said dryly "You give fashion advice as well as force-feeding men?"

She swatted hi "Eat your food"

"Look, friend", Ja toward him "I knohat you are and why you are here The fake eye bandage is not foolingknives tucked into your sleeves and six more on your belt that I can count I’ve never met a man with one eye who could throorth a dried bean She’s not as easy a target as you foreigners think You’ll never uards Go find soht Mat was an assassin? Mat reached up and took off the bandage, exposing the hole where his eye had been Jame started at that

"There are assassins", Mat said calmly, "after Tuon?"

"Don’t use her na rag at hi, catching the tip of the rag He held Ja

"There are assassins", Mat repeated calners who don’t know the right way of things Several have h the inn Only one admitted the reason he was here I saw that his blood fed the dusty earth of the dueling grounds"

"Then I count you a friend", Mat said, standing He reached into his bundle and took out his hat and put it upon his head "Who is behind it? Who has brought them in, put the bounty on her head?"