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Tre hoesture, and the Tiste Edur vanished

Into Bugg’s warren, away, then down, down, ever down

Into depthless darkness, where the portal opened onceTheradas Buhn into icy, black water

Where the pressure, immense and undeniable, e’s tre slowed His roar had been heard, he knew Upon the other side of the world, it had been heard And heads had swung round Immortal hearts had quickened

‘No matter,’ he whispered

Then moved forward, down to kneel beside the athered one of those bodies into his arms

Rose, and walked away

The Eternal Dohly bound into the arrogance of the Letherii as the belief in their own is, to ownership, to the claiance of it all, as if a thousand gods stood at their backs, burdened with gifts for the chosen

Trull Sengar could only wonder, what bred such certainties? What ence? Perhaps all that is needed… is powerA shroud of poison filling the air, seeping into every pore of every man, woman and child A poison that twisted the past to suit thein turn an inevitable and righteous future A poison that ly truths of past errors in judgement, of horrendous, brutal debacles that had stained red the hands of their forefathers A poison that entrenched the stupidity of dubious traditions, and broughtupon countless victims

Power, then The very same poe are about to embrace Sisters have mercy upon our people

The erand entrance to the Eternal Do hand Dusty bearskin riding shoulders grownhis back in , ragged and heavy with oily filth

Trull was standing behind him, and so could not see his brother’s eyes But he knew, should he look into them now, he would see the destiny he feared, he would see the poison coursing unopposed, and he would see the madness born of betrayal

It would have taken little, he knew The si out for a nondescript, sad-eyed slave, the closing of hands, to lift Rhulad upright, to guide hi more

Rhulad turned to face the said, ‘So’