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Gavin uards in tow They, like she, scanned the crowd for threats Gavin said, "Milady, would you dome on a small expedition?"
What do you do when someone asks you kindly to do what you’ve already wheedled and schehted," Karris said
"Excellent" Gavin smiled without any hint of irony He did have a nice smile The worm
He raised his hands "My people!" he said He had a commander’s voice, an orator’s voice with the trick of so so loudly and clearly that everyone could understand hi to shout "My people! I leave you today, but only for a tio ahead of you And now I ask you to be fearless and grow strong There are days ahead that will test us all There is work that only you can do, though I will help as I can I’e He has my full trust He will lead well"
The words walked a narrow line, and he surely knew it What he was describing without precisely saying was that he was their pro war But the promachia could only be instituted by the order of the entire Spectru the ith his brother, and had been relieved of the title in less than six months To be a promachos was to be euard had been created to protect against
At the sa to tell all these people? That he was leaving and they were going to have to fend for the in Garriston
He kept talking, and Karris kept scanning the crowd Ironfist had taught the an assassin, of course So aardly, anyone as keeping their hands concealed in such a way that theyFor Karris, it wasAn assassin would feel out of place So, because they didn’t care as said Someone who only cared about his own s at the sa Second, there were at least fifty Blackguards on deck Not to mention a couple of hundred fanatical common folk ould tear apart anyone who even dared offend their Prism If there were a perfect moment to not attempt an assassination, this would be it
Gavin drafted a set of steps from the deck down to the water and drafted a yellow-hulled scull onto the water, couards on duty were Ahhanen and Djur Neitherprotection to her Life, light, purpose
Gavin descended the steps and took his place He didn’t offer Karris a hand onto the scull, which she appreciated Now, in this, they weren’t some lord and a lady She was his protector, thank you very much
As she took her place on the oars, she said, "No blue this tiether, she’d accused hi blue luxin for the hull because blue was practically invisible against the waves and it had unnerved her
He grunted
She shouldn’t have said it He’d doubtless drafted the scull from yellow to be kind to her She’d complained about what he’d done last ti it differently And she’d thrown it in his face Nice, Karris
They pushed off and sculled together in silence, heading west When they were half a league out, Gavin signaled that they should stop
"I showed the on," he said A lot going on She supposed that was one way to describe the panic fifty thousand helpless people felt when they realize they’re under attack by a sea dele-handedly, using ic the likes of which no one had ever seen "I didn’t want to give all the drafters a tutorial today in how to et out eventually doesn’t mean you need to shout it froht not be the person to say that to