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it hurts us now,argued De her to understand the case of these murders

She covered her ears with her hands speak blasphe the rumours are true You risk your soul and the safety of Tharios in your pursuit of the Ghost I will not sully my hands by association, Dhaskoi Nomasdina And you must decide which is ofat best, or your fa and your own immortal spirit Her body stiff with disapproval, she picked up her notes and walked away

Ll go with you,Goldeye said, his voice clipped may be only a shenos, but perhaps the Keepers will listen to me

Dema hesitated Would support from a shenos, even one as famed as Niklaren Goldeye, hurt or help hi to talk to them in any case I want permission to scry the past on the sites where the victi as they cleansed

At that Dema bristled: surely the priests knew their craft! Still, he told hie at his side

Most importantly, he was desperate Hed seen the look on Keths face, when the glassblower recognized the dead woman He remembered the accusations the people had thrown at him at the Forum and elsewhere, that he didn t care about their lives Recently, to enter the arurier with each : how many more would he allow to die

you have a horse?he asked Goldeye

One of the Nomasdina clan servants awaited Dereeted hie of his horse and Nikos, and handed De purse

ets a quicker response than chits to be redeemed,explained the servant also instructssaid of you, and worries that you risk forgetting your obligations to the clan in your eagerness to ain and led the horses away

Dema had visited Serenity House several tis worked here As servitor passed him on to servitor, he distributed the bribes that would ensure he was being sent in the right direction, a silver bik each When he and Niko reached the greeting rooave five silver biks to have his naranted a private room in which to wait Servants came with food and drink; others came with dry tunics for them both

After a short time a clerk arrived to write down the reason the y had come; Dema bribed him appropriately Several hours later, when their clothes, dried and pressed free of wrinkles, were returned to them, another clerk came to clarify what the previous clerk had written down She too received the proper bribe