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Gavin didn’t follow They were doomed because they didn’t trust each other?

"The Chro, but dead on the inside That’s e’re going to lose, I think," Ironfist said "We have all the power in the world, but our faith is dead If we don’t believe in e’re doing for its own sake, we’re just doing it to ood to continue throwing lives into the trough simply to feed the beast"

"Are we?" Gavin asked very quietly

"When Ru falls, this will become a real war And once it’s a real war, and not siruntled in At soht side If we’ve already decided our own side is wrong--that there’s no Orhola the best of a bad situation--then where dofor certainty turn?"

"Maybe men shouldn’t look for certainty," Gavin said

"Should Shouldn’t Doesn’t ht Of course he was

Gavin quirked an eyebrow "Why Ironfist, are you asking ion?"

Ironfist met his levity with a flat stare "My own faith is dead, Lord Prism Not least because of you I’d not ask you to embrace a lie, but I want my people to have a reason to die I won’t lie either I can’t tell them e do matters If that’s beside the point, if you want us to die because it’s our duty to die, I can accept that That can be enough for h for everyone else"

"Does the Blackguard love rimly

Ironfist looked startled Gavin should ask "We don’t die for you We die for each other, for our brothers and sisters We die for the Blackguard" Then he grinned "Looks the sah, I suppose" Ironfist stood, looked at Karris, sed, then turned back to Gavin "You should give her a ring, you know Especially if you’re going off to your death"

Of course And he should make sure she was provided for, should he die Daot off at the level of his father’s andamiably to the discipulae who passed him in the lift, on their way to do chores He went into his ht he’d accepted histhe fa smells of the place made him pause, barely inside the door There was the wood polish, the waft of lavender, the stargazer lilies he’d always hated, a bit of orange, and spices he could never place All that was rew in his throat, threatening to choke hi it hard to breathe

"Oh,with Karris I wish you could see it"

"My lord?" a timorous voice intruded "I’m so sorry, my lord Should I withdraw?"

It was his irl’s nairl than last time No wonder the room was immaculately clean, without even dust on the mantelpiece