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"Unlike the Silver kings, we see no division between ourselves and other Reds We will fight for you, and ill die for you, if it means a neorld Put down the ax, the shovel, the needle, the brooht Rise, Red as the dawn"

The next part turns my stoers knot in her frayed hair, holding her head up to face the decrepit, sputtering ca tears As ainst nature, against anything good I ht have left inside myself I’ve already lost Cal--thrown hi my soul And yet I speak the words I ht, and win This is Elara, Queen of Norta, and we have killed her This war is not iood"

I holdmy best not to blink Tears will fall if I do I think of anything but the corpse in holds to wait for anyone to answer our call"

"Arm yourselves,forward "You outnumber your masters, and they know it They fear it They fear you, and what you will become Look to the Whistles in the woods They will lead you home"

After six attempts, we finally finish in perfect unison "Rise, Red as the dawn"

"As for the Silvers of Norta" I speak quickly, tighteningand queen have lied to you--and betrayed you The Scarlet Guard liberated a prison thisfully imprisoned, tortured with Silent Stone, left to die for nonexistent crimes They are with us now, and they are alive Your lost ones live Rise to help thee the ones we could not save Rise, and join us For your king is ahe will see this "Maven is a apes at me, affronted The caer "What are you doing, Barrow?"

I stare back at hi your life a whole lot easier Divide and conquer, Colonel" I point to the creorking the cao to the Silver barracks, get souards Mark my words This will set the country on fire, and even Maven won’t be able to put it out"

They don’t need to speak to show they agree I turn onar "Barrow, I didn’t say ere finished--" he growls, but when I stop short, so does he I don’t need lightning to frighten people Not anymore

"Makehi him to test me "Go on"

Once, this man put Cal in a cell He leads who kno many soldiers, and killed however many more men I don’t kno many battles he’s seen, or how ht to be afraid of a girl like me, but he is I returned to Tuck his equal, better than his equal, and he knows it

I spin to face him slowly, and only because it now suits ed you, Colonel? Because I knoasn’t your own good sense, or even the orders of your Co, drawn-outto meet you"

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