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Her eyes found Caladan Brood, soldiers of the Grey Swords, Barghast and others

Orfantal spoke within her uard the skies I, our Soletaken kin, and Silanah Look, Crone descends Join her’

I would guard you, Brother -

’The ene with me, is the heart within you You would fend it from pain Frorieve is the gift of the living -- a gift solost Do not retreat Descend, Korlat, to the s, spiralled earthward Brother, thank you

She sembled as she landed in the ate opened Her arrival had forced soldiers to scatter, if only momentarily Tiste Andii once ed to heal but superficially, she stuhtly as she ate Crone had reported so to him and now rose once more into the darkness

She had never seen Brood look so … defeated The notion of victory seemed irrevelant, in the face of such personal loss For us all

As she drew nearer, a , pale hair a tangled h on his head

Korlat watched the h Marshal Stuulars About that order-’

’What order?’ Brood snapped

The , white teeth ’Never mind We were there, you see-’

’Where?’

’Uh, this side of the wall, east of the gate, sir, and there was es up top The Bole brothers didn’t like that, so they roughed the any more Anyhat do you want us to do now?’

Caladan Brood stared at the man, expressionless, then he shook his head ’I have not a clue, High Marshal Stump’

The man from Mott nodded ’Well, we could put out some fires’

’Go to it, then’

’Yes sir’

Korlat, who had held back during the exchange, now stepped forward as the High Marshal a after the man