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Kip cleared his throat "Uh, you mind if we stop by the privies on the way?"

Chapter 13

Gavin smiled as he stepped off the skihan drawn, and was pointing her pistol at the nearest man

The people stood in an unruly mob, but they were armed with swords and muskets, makeshift spears There were few commonalities between theht-skinned and dark, dirty and clean, dressed in silk and wool Several had an extra eye drawn on their forehead with coal Though even ah, lopsided

What these men and woious devotion to cross reefs in a set here, and every one of theh the crowd She was little, barely taller than Gavin’s waist, arht would have She had a flaring eye tattooed exquisitely on her forehead

"You will not draft here," she said

"I’ll decide that," Gavin said

Instead of looking irritated, she smiled "It is as foretold"

Seers Excellent "Someone foretold that I’d say that?" Gavin asked

"No, that you’d be an asshole"

Gavin laughed "I think I’ to like this place"

"You’ll come with us," she said

"Sure," Gavin said

"It wasn’t a request"

"Yes it was," Gavin said "When you don’t have power to co a request What’s your name?"

"Caelia When I tire, you’ll carry me," she said, uni haht at Caelia’s third-eye tattoo There was a rattle as the other men pointed their ," Karris said, "and I’ll hollow out your skull"

"The White Blackguard We were told you’d be forceful"

Karris uncocked her pistol and tucked it away, sheathed her sword

"I’ve changeduess He knew little about the Seers’ religious belief, indeed, he thought there was no unified belief here, but when faced with biological facts, cultures had to make their own interpretations Female drafters tended to draft more successfully because more of them could see colors er than male drafters Those cultures that had decided thisassumed that they would be led by a man

"The Third Eye resides at the base of Mount Inura"