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Recalling it now, Kira knew, suddenly and with clarity, what it all meant It was so sier ould one day take the chained Singer's place; Thomas the Carver, ith his meticulous tools wrote the history of the world; and she herself, the one who colored that history -- they were the artists who could create the future
Kira could feel it in her fingertips: her ability to twist and weave the colors into the scenes of aned her the task of the robe Thos into wood that seeh, haunting ical voice, solitary in her rooiven her their own song to sing
The guardians with their stern faces had no creative power But they had strength and cunning, and they had found a way to steal and harness other people's powers for their own needs They were forcing the children to describe the future they wanted, not the one that could be
Kira watched the garden tremble and move as it slept She saw the newly planted woad settle in, nestled where she had laid it gently beside the yellow bedstraw "Mostly it dies after flowering once," Annabella had said, describing woad "But sometimes you find a s shoots she had planted, and so in Kira kneithout a doubt that they would survive She knew so else as well, and with the realization, she rose froo indoors, to find her father and tell him that she could not be his eyes That she must stay
Matt was the one ould lead Christopher hoe of the path that led away froe, the sa and continue onward for days to the village of the healing people Matt was prancing about, eager to begin the journey, proud of his role as the leader Branch, also eager to set off on an adventure, sniffed and wandered here and there
"I know you beti ots plenty of food all the tiies?"
Christopher, s, nodded yes
Then Matt took Kira aside to whisper an i a hubby because of your horrid gietic voice
"It's all right," she reassured hierly "I been wanting to tell you that theets married And I seen a boy there, a two-syllable boy, not even broken, just about the sae as you
"I bet you could marry him," Matt announced in a soleed him "Thanks, Matt," she whispered back "I don't want to"
"His eyes be a very aht matter
But Kira smiled and shook her head no