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Keth hurried to finish his shave and wiped his face should be at home, in bed! Why did she come here?

her yourself,Tris said ll be down shortly

She stood at the top of the stairs, watching as Keth stumbled down the steps His face had lit up There was concern in his voice when hed asked about Yali If he still had an arranged e back in Namorn, he ha d a problem, but that at least was not her affair She walked to her own room, closed the door and sat on the bed Carefully she took doo of her heavier lightning braids and began to draw a little of their power into her veins, to liven the tidal str ength As she worked, she wondered ould happen to her when this dose of borrowed poas used up, then shook her head Shed worry about that when it happened

CHAPTER SIX

The cook surprised Keth bybreakfast for him after Yali left First he said she didnt need to; when she insisted, he apologized for putting her to the extra work A good-looking young fellow like you needs all the strength he can get, to chase off the hordes of girls who hed for what felt like the first ti to her about the news of the city and her children She shooed hi she had theto do, then sat him at the table and ordered hiiven his cooked with cinnamon, cumin, cardamom and fers prepared this way and thought that, with so peculiar a cos to eat Noas one of his favourite Tharian foods

He- hadnt been eating long when Tris came downstairs She was accoents for purple and blue glass in the dragon s belly The girl looked odd, strangely awake for soht and risen not long after dawn, according to the cook Tris poured herself a cup of tea and sat across froht?Tris asked as Chi taken up by the arurimi

knows they dont pay truthsayers in Fifth District,Keth replied, carefully producing each word His tongue seeet thicker when she was near He couldn t et what she could produce from those thin braids on either side of her face just wanted to knoas in one pieceHe scooped up soe of flatbread didn t really believe they got a truthsayer because you told them to,he added After hed chewed and sed, he continued, was there Im not sure /believe it

I was so polite,Tris replied with a razor-thin s way to a ladys wishes

Keth blinked, startled you just ht she had a sense of humour If she did, it was very dry

hardly ever joke,Tris inforht-faced as she sat at the table steaive his full attention to her For the first tie was to be his teacher He had no idea who she was, apart fro, a clai for any huentle with tweezers andThe eyes behind those spectacles were uncomfortably sharp She also took their new relationship more seriously than he did, which shamed him

were stuck with each other,he said carefully

She propped her chin on her hand, her smile crooked we are Do you think your cousin will let us do e ill give us a place to work If you were younger, I wouldn t even try to have you do craftwork as you learn basic le the tont lass for him If we use a lot of h He isnt richKeth sighed He would have to stay in Tharios long after he d mastered his power, just to repay his cousin Well, it cant be helped, he told hi back his chair sooner we start, the sooner we catch the Ghost

Tris stayed where she was, druhtly on the table Chime woke from her nap and looked from Keth to Tris s not that easy,Tris said at last -won t be creating any lightning globes today

I will!he replied Really, he thought, just because it took her a while to master her power doesnt mean it will be the same for me Im an adult She was - is - a child Patiently he reic now All I need is practice

if it were just a ht,she replied re a journey But youve forgotten that s It s tricky It doesnt do what you expect Magic itself is like lightning, only worse

at her For the first tirasp, and here she was trying toup protections?Tris asked sorip it better than s wont happen for you Dont expect to hand Dhaskoi No

The sooner we start, the sooner we know,he snapped, i to patronize hi, without looking to see if she kept up or not She judged everything by herself and her little friends Children learned by rote because it would be years before they understood the ideas behind the memorization Hed seen it over and over with apprentices Tris had to realize that an adult like Keth would ress, now that he knehat he dealt with