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Fidelias stopped, panting, as he and Aldrick eions northeast of Bernardholt and reached the causeway that led down the Valley and ultih he had wrapped theed his furies to ease his way, had worsened The pain alone was nearly enough to stop hi, casting back and forth in a fruitless effort to catch the wily Steadholder

Fidelias sank onto a flat stone beside the causehile the swordset it," he said "Why don&039;t you just zoo like before?"

"Because we haven&039;t been on a road," Fidelias said fro a road is si one in the open countryside, without intie of the local furies is suicide"

"So he can do it, but you can&039;t"

Fidelias suppressed a sharp comment "Yes, Aldrick"

"We&039;re crowbait"

Fidelias shook his head "We&039;re not going to catch him at this rate He left a half-dozen false trails behind hiht one of them before he raised his wave and went"

"If we had the horses-"

"We don&039;t," Fidelias said bluntly He lifted his foot and unwrapped some of the cloth

Aldrick paced over to him He stared down at his feet and swore "Crows, old man Can you feel them?"

"Yes"

Aldrick knelt and unwrapped a bitworse There&039;sto lose therunted "There&039;s still ti frantically in the nearest tree He cast his eyes down the road west of the his voice loo ion haircuts, both ar his eyes for a ionares?"

"No unifor" Fidelias touched the stones of the road with one foot, reaching out for Va fast They&039;ve got so"

"Hoe do it?"

"Wait for me to say," Fidelias said "Let&039;s find out whatever we can first" He watched the pair of young ed a pained s, boys," he called "Have you got amen slowed, and Fidelias took in the details as they ca, both of theh one was tall and already see hairline They shared si, though not heavily, froain and offered them his water flask

"Sir," panted the taller of the young ed"

"You hurt?" asked the shorter He leaned a bit closer, peering at Fidelias&039;s feet "Crows You&039;ve really gotten them torn up"