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‘I shall, but I do not think ill see hiain’

Leoman nodded Then he said to Corabb, ‘Tell the warchiefs to scatter with their tribes Out of Raraku as fast as they can e it-’

‘Out of the Holy Desert, Leoman?’ Corabb asked

‘Can’t you hear it? Never mind Yes Out Rejoin ht’

Corabb saluted, then pulled his horse round and rode off

‘You too, Toblakai Out of Raraku-’

‘I will,’ Karsa replied, ‘when I a to the Adjunct They will folloith an attack-’

‘Then they’re fools,’ Leoman spat

Karsa watched his friend ride off Then strode to his own mount He was tired His wounds hurt But some issues remained unsettled, and he needed to take care of that

The Teblor swung himself onto Havok’s back

Lostara walked down the slope, the cracked ground crunching underfoot At her side ht of Korbolo Dom’s bound, limp form

Tavore still stood alone on the flats, a few paces from Sha’ik’s body The Adjunct’s attention had been fixed on the Dogslayer trenches, and on the lone, ragged standard rising froround at the central ra here No right existing at all

Coltaine’s standard, the wings of the Crow Clan

Lostara wondered who had raised it, where it had come from, then decided she didn’t want to know One truth could not be ignored, however They’re all dead The Dogslayers All And the Adjunct did not need to even raise a hand to achieve that

She sensed her oardice and scowled Skittering away, again and again, frohts too bitter with irony to contehtmarish, as Kurald Ehosts, and the incessant rise and fall of that song grew audible enough for Lostara to sense, if not hear A song still cli in crescendo

But, at the feet of… of everythingA simple, brutal fact

They had coht, only to see Tavore batter Sha’ik’s weapon out of her hands, then thrust that sword right through her… name it, Lostara Yil, you dah her sister There It’s done, dragged out before us

She would not look at Pearl, could say nothing Nor did he speak