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"Do you want to be a Pris questions that he didn’t want to ask himself "Everyone probably thinks about that," Kip said

"You don’t know if you want it or not Part of you does, but you don’t think you could ever be the man your father is"

"That’s crazy talk," Kip said He sed

"No, it’s not I know crazy talk I knoell I am a Maker We are not mere artists; we are the caretakers of history The cards are history Each one tells a truth, a story The Black Cards tell history that has been suppressed, because it threatens…" She looked up at the ceiling, thinking, looking for the right word She gave up "Well, it threatens Take that as you will"

She s

"What I’m about to tell you is heresy Don’t repeat it, if you value your life Heresy, but true Take these words, and bury them, treasure them There are seven Great Gifts, Kip Soeneration, or one person a century Light is truth, and all the gifts are connected to this foundation To light, to truth, to reality Being a drafter--one orks with light--is a great gift, but a relatively co a Seer, who sees the essence of things, that is ift is that I can’t paint a lie And ift tells me that your father has two secrets You, Kip, are not one of them"

Chapter 45

"So what’s your real na to stand beside her on the beach She had kept her vigil on the southern sun bathed the woold "Or as it, before? Who are your people?"

The Third Eye was dressed in a yellow cotton dress that , radiant figure She hadn’t sent for Gavin until late afternoon Her associate, or servant, or friend, Caelia, told Gavin that seeing the future took time

"Oh no you don’t," the Third Eye said "You’re probably one of thosecapricious, too"

"Huh?"

"You ask ht not to te you do is ask for greater familiarity Uh-uh, Lord Pris other hearts Not mine"

Vanity? That was a little offensive, a little blunt, a little… accurate Heto say

"I’et ies" She snapped open a handfan and fanned herself "I’m afraid I’ve overheated, too My skin doesn’t well tolerate so ood burn

"Seeing requires light, you said?" Gavin asked

She nodded but didn’t seeift any more than that

"Did you find it?" Gavin asked finally

"Many times, and down many paths It’s in the sea"

"Pardon?"

"The bane is floating, somewhere in the Cerulean Sea"

"That is…" Useless? Unhelpful? "… a large area," Gavin said She’d said three hours east and two and a half hours north--which would be in the sea from here, but somehoas sure this wouldn’t be that easy

"I’m aware of this It is also fairly hard to find landmarks or timethrough the water"