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"Oree Shoth," I said My voice cracked on ht that he s the death of the Lady Role and were hoping you and your friends could assist Especially given that we’ve been kind enough to overlook your presence here at the Pro else I couldn’t tell what

"Happy to help," I said, trying to ignore the veiled threat The Order of Ite ed dearly for them Yel’s stand had a permit to sell on the Promenade; none of us artists could afford one "It’s so sad I didn’t think gods could die"

"Godlings can, yes," he said His voice had grown noticeably colder, and I chidedhow prickly devout Iteods other than their own I had been too long away from Nimaro, damn it--

"Their parents, the Three, can kill thes can kill theodlings with bloody hands, if that’s what you’re wondering Not that I see " I smiled It eak

"Mmh, that I could tell Then Madding--Lord Madding, another godling who lives in town--ca to show it to their parents To the Three"

"I see" The sound of so put back on h "Your eyes are very interesting"

I don’t knohy this made me more uneasy "So people tell me"

"Are those… cataracts?" He leaned close to peer at me I smelled mint tea on his breath "I’ve never seen cataracts like those"

I’ve been told my eyes are unpleasant to look at The "cataracts" that Riers of grayish tissue, layered tight over one another like the petals of a daisy yet to bloom I have no pupils, no irises in the ordinary sense Froh I have matte, steely cataracts, but up close the deformity is clear

"The bonebenders call them malformed corneas, actually With some other coain and failedMaroneh?"

There was a crash from two tables over Ru’s table I heard her cry out in protest Vuroy and Ohn started to join in "Shut up," snapped the priest as questioning her, and they all fell silent So crowd--probably a Darkwalker--shouted for the priests to leave us alone, but no one else took up his cry, and he was not brave or stupid enough to repeat it

I have never been very patient, and fear shortened my temper even more "What is it you want, Previt Rimarn?"

"An answer to my question would be welco Maroneh Blindness isn’t co Maroneh Why would it be?"

I felt the table shift slightly; perhaps he shrugged "Soend says the forces he unleashed on the Maroland were… unnatural"

I that the survivors of the disaster were unnatural as well S A as they had I bit back the retort that first ca to us, Previt"

"Destroying your ho beyond that, I h to do anything to us He destroyed the Maroland only because he happened to be there at the time the Arameri let his leash slip"

There was a er withered, leaving only horror One did not criticize the Arameri--certainly not to an Iteht in front ofthe cerae to the plant itself

"Oh, dear," Rimarn said, his voice ice cold "Sorry I’ll pay for that"

I closedfrom the crash, but I wasn’t stupid "Don’t worry about it"

Another shift, and suddenly fingers took hold of my chin "A shame about your eyes," he said "You’re a beautiful wolasses--"