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‘What do you mean?’

‘I mean, Shand, that Lether is about to fall – and not throughFind Hull and ask him – I’m sure he’s up there, so, how he fought so hard for your people, for every one of those tribes Lether then devoured Because now, knohat he knows, he’s going to fight again Only, this time, not for a tribe – not for the Tiste Edur This time, for Lether Because he knows, my friends, that we’ve met our match in those damned bastards This ti’

‘What makes you think so?’ Shand demanded, and he saw the disbelief in her expression

‘Because they don’t play the ga?’

‘It’s possible Either way, it’s going to be bloody’

‘Then let’s make it easier for the Tiste Edur’

‘Shand, you’re talking treason’

Her lips pressed into a thin line

Rissarh barked a laugh ‘You idiot We’ve been doing that all along’

Errant take ht‘I’m not convinced a host of barbaric Edur overlords will do any better’

‘We’re not talking about what’s better,’ Shand said ‘We’re talking about revenge Think of Hull, of as done to him Do it back, Tehol’

I don’t believe Hull would see it that way Not quite Not for a long, long time‘You realize, don’t you, that I’ve worked very hard at cultivating apathy In fact, it see endless fruit’

‘Yes, the skirt doesn’t hide much’

‘My instincts may be a bit dull’

‘Liar They’ve just been lying in wait and you know it Where do we start, Tehol Beddict?’

He sighed ‘All right First and foree’

‘What about you?’

‘I happen to like my abode, and I don’t intend to leave As far as anyone else is concerned, I’ame You three are the investors So, put those damned weapons ae’re in a far deadlier war now There’s a family of Nerek camped outside my house A mother and two children Hire them as cook and runners Then head down to the Merchant Tolls and get yourselves listed You deal in property, construction and transportation No other ventures Not yet Now, seven properties are for sale around the fifth wing of the Eternal Do cheap’

‘Because they’re sinking’

‘Right And we’re going to fix that And once we’ve done that, expect a visit from the Royal Surveyor and a et rich’

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