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He cliloves in his back pocket, then worked a littleit and a branch to create a pair of tongs Back inside, he ht fire on the way up, but he round before the end turned to ash and the rock dropped

Victorious, he sat down beside it

The Terrible Trio gaped at hi up for the first tier he’d seen many try to emulate but only a rare few ever perfect, and eased between his legs

He should have responded to that, but there was zip, zilch, nada happening down below, and tendrils of annoyance wafted through hi, "Let , "This is your final warning Coain, and you’ll lose a hand Make a play for the rock, and you’ll lose evenyou should know about my sister She alants what other people have"

Her eyes glittered with deterht She was lovely

Zip Zilch Nada

He didn’t like the thought of Keeley, and only Keeley, being able to affect hih The Lonesoh!

"Save yourself a battle," she said, waving her fingers at him "Give me the brimstone"

"Do it," Irish said "I don’t want to have to take sides"

Like he hadn’t already He ht be the keeper of Indifference, but soazes he cast her hadn’t gone unnoticed

"You should have helped ," Torin said

"And dirty these nails?" She shook her head "Never"

"Tell you what," Torin said "I won’t give you the bri, I won’t kill you How’s that?"

Slowly, as if every step was agony, she walked away froh"

Pretty words But she was already planning that battle she’d proh, he wasn’t excited by the prospect of another worthy opponent

Done with distractions, Torin rubbed his arainst the rock Once on the front, once on the back That’s all it took There was an i He almost bellowed Fine No almost about it He bellowed and he cursed, then fell to his back panting The scent in the airenough to gag Bits of bri total regeneration

Winter dove for the rock

Uh, uh, uh He kicked it down the hole before she could snatch it and hurried to cover it with dirt

"Like I said," he announced when he finished "You didn’t help "