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"Sol said he would be able to light up the entire world, controlling ers Could he?"

"Possibly But if Fortune alone realizes her full powers, then she has already defeated us"

"What do you y manipulation," he said "She could blindly affect a battle--before it even started Her ability could guarantee that her alliance would win any conflict"

"The odds would always be fixed in their favor?"

He shook his head "Not odds Fixed outcomes We would have no odds"

Maybe she was the root of what I’d sensed Darabbed Aric’s shoulder "I want you to wear your armor as much as possible Please If you died"

He claspedNo as, these months with you have been worth all ave me brief, hard kiss "I would repeat those ain, I love you too, Aric Noear your fucking armor"

His thumb brushed over my cheekbone "I’m likely to fall in battle"

"You haven’t in two thousand years" Then I frowned "Do you no longer expect us to have a life together?"

"A long one?" He shook his head "I told you the odds of us both living to eighty in this world was exceedingly sliame toils on We’re soldiers, and we’re at war But ill return"

"Where will players come from in the future?" I asked "Most of us have no family left"

"But every Arcana has a closest relative somewhere in the world That person will continue the line"

Digesting everything he’d told o out in a blaze of glory--together"

"Should both of us lose, hoe know not to kill each other in the future? The ain" His eyes flickered with emotion "We could write to our next incarnations, but ill deliver such a o, how had you planned for this?"

"I would have trusted Lark to carry letters on," he said "Noe each have a target on our back"

"I couldn’t ask you to do another seven-century stint" He’d told me and Jack that immortality was the utterest hell "But I couldn’t handle it either I’ happened to youI couldn’t" Losing thearuff, he said, "You truly ure out another way to preserve our memories"