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Mallet slid down to Paran’s side ’Captain! Moranth are dropping out of the sky on the entrenchments -- Dujek’s arrived, the first ith him Sir, our reinforcements are here’

Quick Ben scraped a hand across his little row of twigs ’Good We’ll need them’

Aye, the Seer won’t yield these entrenchht ’Thank you, Healer Return to the High Fist and inform him I will join him shortly’

’Yes, sir’

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Some tidesand Fanderay had for so long presided over but a handful of adherents in their respective temples, and those temples were few and far between A shortlived expansion of the cults swept through the Malazan arn, but then seemed to wither of its own accord In retrospect, that flurry inally pre that would bring the ancient cults to the fore The first evidence of that reawakening occurred on the very edges of the E, not even close, tr ], in the recently liberated city of Capustan, where the tide revealed its power for all to see …

Cults of Resurrection

Korum T’bal (translated by Illys of Darujhistan)

The two ures, ancient and shrunken, slowly hobbled towards the loide entrance of Hood’s te to the Mott horses in the courtyard and now stood silent in the shadows of the wall, watching as the figure closest to hiainst the door

Distant dru that the coronation of Prince Arard was dragging on Given that the cereuidance of the Mask Council, Coll was more than a little curious to see these two councilan unofficial, private visit He was also suspicious, since he’d assumed that no-one had known of the reoccupancy of Hood’s temple

He started at a low voice close beside hiood will come of this, do you think?’

Anotherin the shadows beside the Daru, strangely indistinct, hooded, gloved hands folded over the bulge of a pot-belly -- though the rest of the man appeared to be stick-thin

’Where did you co in his chest

’I? I was here before you! This is ht -- where we stand should be bathed in it Are all the nobles of Darujhistan as stupid as you?’

Coll gri -- on what? What state secrets have you learned watching room these horses?’

’Only that they hate you, Daru Every tiot ready to nip you -- only you always seeht moment-’

’Yes, I did, since I knehat they were intending Each time’

’Is this pride I hear? That you outwitted two horses?’

’Another remark like that, priest, and I will toss you over this wall’

’You wouldn’t dare -- oh, all right, you would Come no closer I will be civil I promise’

Both turned at the sound of the te open