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Then, everything goes black

Thus we agree, should the day ever come, my troops,

the Aristans, shall take possession of eastern Amadera to the

river’s mouth, and your troops, the Salans, shall take possession

of western Amadera to the same No blood will be shed

--Treaty between the Aristans and Salans before Amadera’s Second Civil War, 770–776

Adelina A chains It takes me another moment to realize that the chains are on ain, so I can only tell that ray and silver, that the stone beneath me is cold and daeons; my father has just died, and I am destined to burn at the stake I can even hear his chuckle in the corner of the rooainst the wall there, the gash in his chest torn open and bleeding, his mouth twisted in a smile

I try to shrink away fro too far A few mutters echo from a distance above me

"She’s waking up"

"Take her before the Triad Be careful--those chains Where’s the Messenger? We need his help"

They are speaking Ta The voices fade away, and alifted The world lurches I try to focus on so, but my mind is too hazy The whispers fill my head with nonsense, then scatter

There is a hallway and stairs and the cool breeze of night Nearby, a voice that I know all too well Magiano I turn, yearning for hiry His voice floats near and then far, until I don’t hear hiht sends every ounce ofout blindly I will kill them if they do Butout around th dissolves again