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Gods, if I stay with these people, I a, her eyes on Tool ’Like a white-hot knife through ice, we thrust to the heart … of a frozen, tihtly, she added, ’Or so we suspect, do we not, Onos T’oolan?’

The T’lan I pulled away fro Garath followed

The Malazan spun upon hearing three sets of swords slide from scabbards

’Oh,’ Lady Envy said ’So his bow and planted its butt to string it as he scanned the horizon ahead ’I don’t see anything … but I’ll take everyone’s word for it’

Moeline a hundred paces ahead, huge, slung forward and sees Blades flashed at the ends of its ar flinched back

Toc’s recollection of such a creature -- fraught with the pained memories of Trake’s death -- returned to him with a jolt that shortened his breath

’K’ell Hunter,’ Tool said ’Lifeless’ He had not yet reached for his stone sword The T’lan Iuleh A frozen moment stretched between theht, Thurule on his left and both brothers a step ahead of the Third, the Seguleh padded forward to amble,’ Lady Envy murmured

’The tie their worth, Lady Here, at the border to the Domin We must know our … knife’s efficacy’

Toc nocked an arrow ’Sos at it,’ he ,’ Tool said, ’yet there is no need to test the stone’s power of your arrows’

’Power, huh? Fine, but that’s not the problee distances worth a da’s fast’

’Leave this one to the Seguleh,’ the T’lan Imass said

’As you say,’ Toc replied, shrugging His heart did not slow its ha

The K’Chain Che’Malle was blurred lightning as it plunged auleh were faster Senu and Thurule had alreadyblows behind the effortlessly like snakes to avoid the hunter’s whipping tail

Mok, standing directly in front of the creature, had not backed up a step