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"Exactly" A pause "Wouldn’t you have felt ic?"

Onora didn’t know about his new situation, and he wondered if he should tell her now that he trusted her Valek decided to wait until she needed to know the inforician that can only do one thing There are a number of them in Sitia, and I suspect in Ixia, as well They don’t consciously pull power They just have an instinctive ability that has to be in For exaht fires, but he couldn’t do anything else"

She was quiet for a while "It’s not conscious All I do is focus on the mission at hand"

Sounded like a One-Trick, but only a ician would know for sure

Onora appeared suddenly She stared at her hands as she laced and unlaced her fingers over and over "It didn’t henCaptainTimmer came for me I couldn’t hidefrom himno matter how hard I tried"

"Because you were afraid Just thinking about hilanced up in surprise

"No need to be scared of hieon and is scheduled for execution in a little over three months"

"Even if I’ht not be in full control of hishe loathes is sexual predators"

"What if Owen releases Timmer or he escapes?"

"Then, when all this is over, ill hunt him down, strip him naked, tenderize him with a few dozen holes and leave hirinned "Good plan"

"I thought you’d like that"

They lapsed into silence After an hour, the fanal Soon the two scouts rode into view and passed Valek and Onora’s position The scouts spotted the rutted road and slowed, glancing to the left and right Sh to know this was an ideal spot for an ah to look up