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"Looking e, Cade, perhaps trivialized in the latter part of Sacoridia’s history but derived froic was as rife in the land as water in the ocean Who is to say that true looking masks did not hold power? And as you may recall, we found all those broken pieces of alady’s flesh when she arrived"

"Which could have been just an ordinary broken an’s heart pounded, hearing of the shards Had they saved any? If so, would any power re that ic did not seem to work in this time

"Perhaps not," the professor said, "but like the uniforood at detecting liars, and I don’t think she has fabricated this story There are too le thean was not sure it mattered if they believed her--she would find so home one way or the other But if they did believe her, it would ease the way for her to find out the infor Zachary about the defeat of Sacoridia and the rise of the empire On inspiration, she said, "Test me"

"What?" Cade asked

"Testmy time, or scholars like yourselves, would know"

Cade wasted no time and jumped in with the first question "What is the Order of Black Shields?"

"Easy They guard the royal fa and dead Usually we just call the his chin "Perhaps easy for soenerally known What was the succession of Clan Hillander on the throne?"

Karigan started with the Clan Wars and S Zachary Thus began an exhaustive period of eager questioning by both Cade and the professor about Sacoridian history, as well as facets of everyday life Early on, they tried to slip her up with false or very specific questions She could not answer all they asked

"Who was Lady Aan replied

"She was only one of the ed She’d never heard of this person, but it wasn’t surprising since she did not folloas happening in poetry

The professor cleared his throat "Cade, if I’an G’ladheon left for Blackveil"