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"What question?" But he ticks a finger, al

"Attend to your own fate, Mare Barrow"

"And that is?"

"To rise And rise alone" It echoes like the howl of a wolf "I see you as you could beco, but the storm The storm that will s the world entire"

For a split second, it looks like his eyes are glowing Red against gray, burning through me, to look into every future His lips curve into that ht And then he’s gone

When I stoood sense to let e Rise alone Alone I digto chase the sadness with pain Fates can change

Farley is not so tactful as Cal She looks up froers sticky with scarlet blood, and sneers "Good, we didn’t need the old loon anyways"

"That old loon could’ve won this war outright" Shade cuffs her lightly on the shoulder, earning a dark glare "Think of what he can do with his ability"

Froh" He watchesall the while "You really want to storm a secret prison built for people like us?"

"Would you rather let Julian die?" No answer but for a low hiss "That’s what I thought"

"All right, then," he sighs, easing the jet into a crawl The wheels buroup, get a plan together Anyone ants to coree My mind flashes to Luther and the other newblood children back at the Notch Too young to fight, but not young enough to be spared fro left behind, but I kno Cal cares for theun

"Whatever you’re talking about, I’ainst the pain in his leg "Though I’d like to knohat it is I’, Nanny swats at hi doesn’tattention It’s a prison break"

"Too right, Nan," Farley agrees "And a goose chase if you askon the word of a madman"

That stills even Nanny’s jokes She fixes randmother could summon "Is that true, Mare?"

"Madman’s a bit harsh," ShadeI’h to follow that faith "He was right about Pitarus, and everything else he said Why would he lie about the jail?"

Rise and rise alone

"He didn’t lie!"

My shout silences theines They rise to a fah the craft, and soon the paveainst the s, ood to let us drop After a few ht ht