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"You’ve invented some new means of travel," Andross Guile said He was the reason this roo Tell us about this"

Gavin ignored hiet some rest before the battle He woke before dawn, and started laughing quietly He dressed in the darkness and bound his hair back A knock jostled the door in its loose hinges

"Coether where the Blackguards were checking their gear, so ka, whatever it took to soothe the pre-battle nerves They’d taken down the biggest ship in the Color Prince’s navy yesterday, but they were professionals; they knew they weren’t invincible A reat ship or an idiot in a dory Anyone could die, anyti like he ound tight enough to thru with you today," Gavin told Ironfist He didn’t bother lowering his voice Let the Blackguards overhear He was asking theive us some sli"

"Can I send anyone with you?" Ironfist asked

"Not for this I won’t be in danger, though Not physical danger anyway"

"Kip?" Ironfist asked

Gavin turned and looked at the boy, as eavesdropping andnot to be "Kip, you can’t come with me Not for this You can o with the Blackguards to sink ships"

"I’ll fight, sir"

Yes, you will

"High Lord Prise/yellow bichrome named Little Piper Gavin nodded for hiether?"

Gavin followed thereat disks, bigger than a shield, with a grenado’s trigger mechanism Gavin didn’t understand

Little Piper pushed a tiny won," Little Piper said

She wasn’t even one of the Blackguards who’d gone with them yesterday She had to clear her throat twice before she was able to speak "Froe we have is that we can close quickly" She showed how the disk had teeth and red luxin on the bottoht next to the ship, and the archer slaps this onto the hull"