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"Karris, what are you…" Saoing to help me with my hair?"

Chapter 78

Marissia’s brief, whispered report had been terrifying The old fahtened Gavin’s chest First had been news froether in three precise ranks of four, circling all of Abornea five ti all of Crater Lake by Kelfing, though it was too war all in precise rows Poets struck dues of notation in a day, forgetting to eat or drink or sleep until they fell unconscious Galley slaves rowing until they died, afraid of falling out of te, running onto rocks Mothers engaged ininfants until the tasks were co out of control, but it wasn’t one the dead would appreciate And that wasn’t the worst

The alarone off She hadn’t known that Dazen had broken out When was the last time Gavin had checked that mechanism? A year? A year and a half?

In the third year of Dazen’s ihtht If Dazen broke into any prison, that very action was supposed to activate a gloarning at the top of the chute: the alarm

Either Marissia had been turned--no, the shock on her face had been real--or Gavin’s mechanism had failed

If the chutes hadn’t switched over, Dazen would have starved to death by now Gavin had made it so that if Dazen tried to throw luxin up the chute, it would switch it over as well--but if one ht have, too Dammit He hadn’t made them to last forever Luxin decayed, even in darkness, and he’d crafted almost every part of the prisons from luxin

If he’s dead, I’d have felt it, wouldn’t I? I knew so when Sevastian died Surely…

The lift shuddered to a stop, just a couple floors down Not many people had the keys to stop the Pris his thin, unpleasant smirk, happy to interrupt He extended a hand silently Gavin took the note fro to say

"Son, come to uessed

First, it was Kip and Sa the chute’s alar" Now this

But there was nothing for it If Dazen had escaped, he was long gone by now If he’d been starved, he was dead by now Orholahts’ talk about Dazen Guile coht, didn’t it?

They knew They’d been working to free hi