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~Not unless I give you a hand,~ the ka’kari said in Kylar’s mind The black metal ball that lived within Kylar spoke rarely, and it wasn’t always helpful when it did You’re hilarious, Kylar thought back at it

Garuwashi’s eyes flicked down to Kylar’s wrist Feir was agog

Kylar glanced down and saw jet blackfrom his stump It resolved itself slowly into a hand He tried to ?

~I’m not that cruel By the way, Jorsin Alkestes didn’t like the idea of his ene back to life If that sword kills you, you’re really dead~

Funny, the Wolf failed to ers He even had soht It was hollow, the skin thinner than parch miracles

~No~

You didn’t even listen!

~Go ahead~ It felt like the ka’kari was rolling its eyes How did it do that? It didn’t even have eyes

Can you fix its weight?

~No~

Why not?

The ka’kari sighed ~I stay one size I’ a hand for you Invisibility, blue flaer of you and throwing it would be a bad idea?

The ka’kari went silent in a huff, and Kylar grinned Then he realized he was grinning at Lantano Garuwashi, who had sixty-three deaths tied to his hair, and eighty-two in his eyes

"You need aan eyebrow

"Uh, I’m ready now," Kylar said He drew his sword

"Kylar," Feir said "What are you going to do with the sword?"

"I’ to put it so it into the Wood?"

"I was thinking I’d throw it in"

"Good idea," Feir said

"Perhaps a nice idea But not a good one," Garuwashi said He closed the distance between theether in the staccato n a tendency to overextend on his ripostes With a swordsman as talented as Lantano Garuwashi, he should only have to show the weakness twice and spring the trap the third time

Except that the first ti Kylar’s ribs He could have killed Kylar with that thrust, but he held back, wary of a trap

Kylar staggered back, and Garuwashi let hi disappointment They’d barely crossed swords for five seconds The ht the ka’kari to his eyes and was even more stunned