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"You’re seeing ives all living things a spark of it that ed "I ent a Tender Corelings are infused with it, and will flare brightly to your eyes now"

Renna turned toward a rustle in the brush, and a wood deic-lit world She looked at her own hands, glowing only faintly Twilight Dancer was brighter, wards on his hooves and harness glowing like stars in the sky

But it was Arlen who shone brightest, the wards on his skin positively bri over with power It looked as if they ritten in light, per her stare and putting his hood up "Soaked up too ain"

"Why would you want to give up such power?" Renna asked

Arlen paused, see confused He opened his mouth and closed it

"Don’t knoould," he admitted at last "But it ent a choice you can take back, and I wan’t in ht head when I ht head, either"

"Who are you, Arlen Bales, to tell nored her in that infuriating way he had, taking up a spear and handing it to her She looked at it doubtfully, and made no effort to take it

"Speakers all done it," Arlen reht, it’ll be withand cutting wards, if nothing else She held it out for him to inspect

"It’s a fine blade," Arlen noted when he took it He touched the edge to his thuh to shave"

"Da cared for it better than he did his own kin," Renna said

Arlen looked at her but said nothing He held the knife this way and that, inspecting the etched wards "Good warding," he admitted with a touch of contrition "Good as any I’ve seen Could do with h to start" He handed it back, porunted as she took it

"All that’s left is to test it," Arlen said "Ti it would be necessary, but she could not suppress the wave of fear that overca vo anyht not be scared of ht in the outhouse still haunted her, startling her sometimes even when she ake

Arlen put a hand on her shoulder "We’re s cluster where there’s people to hunt, or big gaot your cloak, and I’ht here"

"To save er She was tired of waiting for others to save her, but she looked at a wood dee of the road and shivered "Ent ready for this," she ad to show her weakness