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"You’re a pricklick," Roque declares playfully "May the Furies guide your swords and the Fates bring you home Till then, my love is with you all"

The profession of love startles the Golds Roque’s co orders to attack an enemy destroyer

"What a Pixie," Sevro mutters, but even a child could catch the tremor in his voice He’s afraid

"Hic sunt leones," I say to my friends "I’ll see you on the other side"

"Hic sunt leones," they echo, not for Augustus, but because e were brave as lions

One by one, we say our goodbyes Before I can stop ’s private frequency It takes her twenty seconds to answer "What is it?" Hesitation haunts her voice

"Stay alive," I say

A pause Emotion? Annoyance?

"You too"

She closes the coin to whir and click as I’ mechanism of the tube

I’ve acted this whole ti Like I knohat the Iron Rain is But it looh I’ve seen its face I’ve seen the virtual reality experientials and HC clips I knohat it is the way a child knows flying fro a bird

"Deployment coordinates reached" Roque’s voice fills the ears of every Gold in the fleet "Execute Operation Eagleburn"