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‘Have you decided where yet?’
‘I’ down to collect the arrows and the belt holding the quiver and kit pouch
‘The sorcery here is… strange’
His head snapped up ‘What do you mean?’
‘I am not sure My familiarity arrens is somewhat vicarious’
I know
‘But,’ she continued, ‘if this is Kurald Emurlahn, then it is tainted in soicks, carved directly into the wood of this ship As if warlocks and shoulder-wo’
Cutter frowned ‘Consecrating You make it sound as if this ship was a te of blood has done nothing to desecrate it, which is precisely my point Perhaps even warrens can sink into barbarity’
‘Meaning the wielders of a warren can affect its nature My late uncle would have found the notion fascinating Not desecration, then, but denigration ’
She slowly glanced around ‘Rashan Meanas Thyr’
He coht ‘You think all warrens accessible to hurations of Elder Warrens’
She raised her hands then ‘Even blood decays’
Cutter’s frown deepened He was not sure what she meant by that, and found hirunt and unnel ‘We shouldyou’re done here’
In answer she walked to the ship’s side and clambered over the rail
Cutter watched her cli her place at the tiller He paused for a final look around And stiffened
On the distant strand of Drift Avalii, there stood a lone figure, leaning on a two-handed sword