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"Have you had a chance to go up to the roof yet?" she asked

"Yes, yes I have" Face bland

She studied hi his of an old woht as Orea Maybe she had the pieces, and soether by talking it out, out loud

Or she arning him, because of their friendship Their friendship? Were they friends, after all? But she was utterly dedicated to the Chromeria, to her duties, to the Seven Satrapies Her next words--he knew her next words were going to be: "Gavin, we need to talk about how to ease you into retireenerals are inthe invasion I think they could use your expertise"

Gavin took a deep breath Thatpan, fire He stood, bent over to kiss Karris’s forehead, and popped his neck right and left "Very well, Orea, let’s save the world"

Chapter 95

Gavin walked into Orea’s rooathered around a table on which a nuot spies with the Color Prince’s ar Parian general said Caul Azer brother He was affable, polite, and not terribly bright

"Projection or actual data?" Gavin asked He wanted to know if he was staring at the positions the prince’s aro, or if these were estimates of the current positions

"Projection, on excellent data," the Blood Forest general said He was also bald, though he was a young man, freckled and foolish A political weasel who had no business leading a hunting expedition, much less an army

"How old is this?" Gavin asked

General Azet to the sood wind Earned hi it here in seven days It arrived last night"

"You using that sler for the return trip?"

General Azler had probably lied about how fast he’d lers on the Atashian coast still used galleys so they couldn’t beco wide ships to traverse bays that the pirate hunters couldn’t This tialley to come from Atash in seven days Probably s could have been different If Gavin were pros still could be But that was out of reach for now His father had done that, and his father wasn’t going to give it back for nothing Gavin’s own personal defiance, his own happiness into cost oing to accept the blaenerals had no business being generals, and they’d all been put into position by people who ought to have known better There were plenty of veterans froe Gavin had done the best he could by the people of Garriston He couldn’t ht decisions for everyone else

"How fast is your turnaround?" he asked