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I have a e kit, with rocks dedicated to spell work, like any stone ic, in case of blizzards Or in case I ran into so that milked me so dry I couldn’t even call sparkle to quartz

I didn’t think of that as I slept I didn’t think at all Instead ate to zircon, I drained it In th return

Eventually I also felt a rude foot kick my bed It was Rosethorn "I wish I could let you sleep, but you’ve had a full day and two nights We’re running out of tie isn’t even packed"

I sat up and moaned I was stiff all over "But I can pack us in two shakes of a goat’s tail Why did you even wait? You could have tied me to my horse and taken me down to the ship You’ve done it before"

Rosethorn was pouring water in the basin "And then what? Leave you there? Coht ould be leaving?"

I tossed away uessed her, had taken off htshirt "Of course What can you do about aup? Even you can’t stop that one, Rosethorn" I was surprised she couldn’t see the logic of it "Fusspot won’t be of any use, either Plant and waterlava We should be at sea already"

"You would just leave everyone here to their own devices" Rosethorn said it, she didn’t ask

I was ravenous Soulped down the juice "What are they to me? They’re not you or Briar or anyone we care about It’s their island, they have to solve getting off They’re lucky I could warn them" I stuffed bread into my mouth It was a little dry They er-combed her hair "You would abandon even the babies, Evvy? Even the cats?"

Her re, especially around xe, I had avoided even the ship’s cats on the voyage ho attached when I would leave theot to Emelan? Lark had offered to let ot sick and died, or was killed by a wagon, or the temple was attacked?

Just because I was afraid to have a cat didn’tabout them It was mean of Rosethorn to hit me on my sore spot "Cats die all the time," I made xe I couldn’t save the animals on this island, either, any more than I could save the people And I like animals "The world remakes itself We can’t stop it We’d be stupid to stay It’s tihed "Lark orried about this aspect of you I’m not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders I want to build, not destroy You need to ask yourself who you’re going to be Deserting people like Jayat and Tahar, or Oswin and Azaze, who have worked hard to build a good village, is a step toward beco a vote Myrrhtide is at the lake He’s reaching to every water h will send ships to evacuate Starns Azaze sent people to warn the other villages and Sustree And you are going to Oswin’s to help theers down, and Nory has her hands full with the children So eat up and ride out there"

I’d been stuffing food in my face while she lectured Builders and destroyers--was this the pap they fed people when they took their vows? And I’d always thought Rosethorn was a sensible person "We need to go," I repeated when I could talk

"Then the quicker Nory gets the children ready, the quicker we can leave," Rosethorn told me

I knew that tone of voice When Rosethorn has her rabbed my clothes "Myrrhtide can really reach all the way to Sotat and Emelan in water? From here?"

Her smile was crooked "Why do you think he ca I pray that Tuhengri of the winds and Runog of the deep send us enough ships to be of help" She picked up her e’s kit "Wash your face and clean your teeth" She paused, a funny look on her face "Might you talk your volcano friends into waiting until we get away?"

"Humans never cease to look for ways out of the circle" Luvo sat up on the sill, watching the dawn "Behind the ones Evumeimei calls Flare and Carnelian are thousands who press forward They hunger for their tilory and transforma, or lava, is made for If Flare and Carnelian do not lead them, they will find others to do so Those spirits will not listen to Evuht I should ask" She looked at me "Oswin’s, Evvy I mean it"

I can’t say I dressed happily I yanked my clothes on If they hadn’t been sewn by Lark, I would have ripped seams I jammed my feet into my sandals People! Rosethorn would risk her life, and et theuarantee that ould get far enough away to be safe I saw that old-time explosion that Tahar and Jayat raised froh to punch clean through ships They would kill anyone they hit From my books, I knew that volcanoes created earthquakes, and soht swas