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’Let’s hope she notices’

The to fast and with a ferocity that had begun drawinganother warrior go doith a rival’s knife in his throat If this keeps up, they’ll have to start building a new barrow toht do that anyway -- a barrow for the Bridgeburners She looked around, picking out solitary Bridgeburners a the crowds of natives Discipline had crue of hope at the news that Trotts would live had sunk just as fast with the ruht kill them all anyway -- out of spite

’The air feels … strange,’ Blend said

Aye as if the night itself was aflame as if we’re in the heart of an unseen firestor hotter I’ in that water barrel -- shortlived relief, but at least it’s so?’ Blend continued in a low voice ’That retreat…"

Stu up out of the ashes ’Aye, Blend, I re of Black Moranth hadn’t spied us and come down to pull us up

’Feels the saot spirits loosed’

’Not the big ones -- these are ancestors we’ve got gathering If it was the big ones our hair’d be standing on end’

’True So where are they? Where are the nastiest of the Barghast spirits?’

’Somewhere else, obviously With Oponn’s luck, they won’t show up tomorrow’

’You’d think they would You’d think they’d not want topleasant thoughts for a change, Blend Hood’s breath!’

’I was just wondering,’ the wo, ’I think I’ to wander for a while See what I can pick up’

’You understand Barghast?’

’No, but so communication doesn’t use words’