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The de It was as simple as that

An indeter bodies Dead Edur, the ones killed by the sorcerous attack he recalled from earlier Scorched, burnt so fiercely their faces had melted away Unknown to his eyes and unknowable He wandered aive the illusion of motion, of life, on all sides But they were all dead

A lone figure nearby, standingat her sides He had seen her before, a ’s elder sister, tall, hawk-faced, her eyes like onyx He halted in front of her ‘I want you to heal a demon’

She did not see for them My sons I cannot even find theht ‘Come with me’

She did not resist as he led her away from the strewn corpses ‘A demon?’

‘Yes I do not know the name by which they call themselves’

‘KenylPrah Itlike that The Merude were charged withtheir weapons’

‘They have been sorely used’

‘They are not alone in that, warrior’

He glanced back at her, saw that awareness had returned to her eyes Her hand held his now, and tightly ‘You are the ear’

‘I am’

‘You struck an Arapay woman’

‘I did It seems such news travels swiftly – andthe women Yes’

‘And yet you will help me’

‘Heal this demon? If it lives, I shall’

‘Why?’

She did not reply

It took some time, but they finally found the creature Its cries had ceased, but the woman released Trull’s hand and crouched down beside it ‘It lives still, Trull Sengar’ She laid her palms on the demon’s massive chest and closed her eyes

Trull watched the rain strea down her face, as if the world wept in her stead

‘Take the first of the quarrels You will pull, gently, while I push Each one, slowly’