Page 20 (1/2)

No one knehat to make of that So there were other quiet rebellions, these ht Everywhere, heretics started worshipping their gods openly Soh North--I can’t recall which one--declared that it would teach children its own language first, then Senmite, instead of the other way around There were even people who chose to worship no god at all, despite new ones appearing in Shadow every day

And the Ara

For centuries, le flute In some ways, this has been our most sacred and inviolable law: thou shalt do whatever the hells the Ara to ht pull It ht And none of us knoill come after

So perhaps y is understandable

I figured things out pretty quickly after that, thank goodness When I turned back to the alley--

--the blonde godling was licking soht at first it was Shiny As I ca Shiny was on that side of the alley The only things on the side where she crouched were--

My gorge rose The dead Order-Keepers

She looked up at old ular spots of darker color I stared at her and suffered a pang of epiphany When people looked at liness that should have been beauty?

"Flesh freely given," the godling said, and flashed ry smile

I skirted wide around her andsaid, shaking his head as I passed him "You really do"

"All I did was ask a question," I snapped, and crouched to examine Shiny Gods knehat the Order-Keepers had done to him, even before Sieh’s attack I didn’t let myself think about the bodies behindto keep you alive," replied Madding’s lieutenant, the feht I just didn’t feel like aders, I discovered his mouth was cut, and someone had blacked his eye; it ollen almost shut Those wounds did not concernto find the break--