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Its childs play Now that I knohat the probleht, though she doubted it as you like, then

He stood for ahis face into high relief Tris settled on a bench to watch She could feel t he forces in the shop co flared from his skin more powerfully than it had before Quickly Tris sent extra power into the protections that enclosed the shop She did not want any stray o His next accident ht not be as wonderful as Chime

Tris breathed with him and waited as he returned to meditation At last Keth slid his blowpipe into the furnace The heat didnt seeuild masters flinch from it She ren for fire on theer When she opened the heat of the furnace was as clear as his ic The heat twined around Keth like an affectionate cat, sinking into his skin and bones

Tris wiped a thumb over her eyelids and restored her spectacles to their proper resting-place Whether it was due to lightning or his own expanded seed of glass her teht even be able to hold fire in his bare hands, Tris thought She would ask Daja, the sht Triss eyes burned with sudden tears After all this tie was nearby and that Daja, Sandry and Briar would be there when she returned for the night But they weren t Discipline and Sandry were in Emelan, months of travel to the north Daja was in Kethluns home country of Na in the distant northeast They were truly scattered and Daja wasn t here to judge Keths ic

Tris sniffed and locked her attention on her student Keth brought his gather ofhis blowpipe as he did His grip on his breathing was shaky

she e colour as it began to cool the feel of yourand carefully blen its length Tris saw the lightning blaze of his power show through the pipe He blew steadily, far longer than she could have lass as he took in fresh air The power in his br eath was brighter still in the pipe this tiue He reheated again, but she knew hed lost the count of his lass-coated lightning darted fro Chime dashed under a corner worktable and stayed there

Tris said as Keth turned beet red with frustration down, drink so on her Trishim to see that this was nor to think a thing through perfectly, only to have it go awry the minute she actually tried to do it

Whatever hed meant to say, Keth chose not to say it Instead he walked around the shop, touching vases, bowls, jars and suncatchers until he was calm After that he set another crucible to heat and drank soht up in their work they didnt even notice Antonous wife had coical barrier or catch their attention At last she fed sorilled lamb to Little Bear, then went back to her oork

By late afternoon both student and teacher were sweat-soaked and exhausted I n addition to the glass lightning, Keth had produced a few other ht in his throat on his second try, droplets of linted in the light of the furnace like dark gelass, then a lus The last failure was a glass coil that burned the toe off one of Keths boots Chilass coil, then at Keth Knowing she was about to trigger an explosion, she said as gently as she kne, isnt working Youre exhausted and probably starving Its time to stop for the day

he told her stubbornly dont know the yaskedasi I do Ive been living with the their sense of, of exciteht was the first place Ive been where I c-could forget what h-happened to ather at the end of the blowpipe

Tris wanted to screary, she was soaked in sweat, she wanted to be out and about She was pouring ic into the barrier to keep the wild bursts of Keths power inside What was so wonderful about Kh apik? she wanted to yell There were theatres, inns, musical perfor clothes, ga dens and wine shops Every city had such places

She said none of these things as Keth drew a shuddering breath and started to blow into the pipe As a teacher her duty was to encourage Keth, not discourage hiive hiement without help from her

yet, then?someone asked from outside the barrier It was Dhaskoi Nomasdina,

crisply dressed in a clean red tunic and blue stole, his short black hair still wet from the bath

Keth, startled, made an apprentices lass at the end bulged, coated in tiny lightnings, and grew to the size of his hand Tris and No Tris could see that Keth s hands tre the pipe to see what shape his most recent accident would take The bulb expanded to a perfect globe, then broke away Keth reached out and caught it in one hand before it could fall