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She lifted trerasped them "I suppose," she said, her voice as shaky as her ar as exhaustion overwhel, I was always hoping"
"For what?" Liath asked her, and bent close to listen
"For you"
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"MOTHER Obligatia is a powerful ally," said Hanna to Liath ly flavored with leeks that Liath could still taste them after two cups of ale--while Hanna told of her adventures in Aosta and farther east Now, as Hanna finished her tale, they paused at the wall Lions labored in what re stones back into place
Thiadbold left off working to come speak to them Like most of the other Lions, he had stripped down to his under-shift and was nevertheless sweating despite the cooling temperature He had dirt streaked on his face and his hands were caked with earth He had tied a kerchief around his hair to keep it clean; red strands curled around his ears, and he used a wrist to wipe a strand out of his left eye
"No stone toward the hasty work and the laboring men, "but it will hold for a season or two until better work can be done"
Folquin, down the line, waved at them, then yelped and leaped when Leo dropped a rock a hand’s breadth fro will it take to fill it all in?" Liath asked
He shrugged "A day or two, not more with this company" He smiled at Hanna "You’ve seen them in action"
"So I have," she said, and Liath sa she reddened, just a little, and how her smile turned crooked, just a little "The best soldiers in the regnant’s arhed "Fair spoken, and even true These Lions have served faithfully through hard trials and hard losses" He indicated the forest "We’ve heard there’s a witch and a wagon out in the trees Need you an escort?"
"It’s close by," said Hanna, "and there is soer involved to your men, which I suppose you will have heard as well"
"That a look fros death? We’ve heard such a rumor"
"To look on her will kill you, yes, and it’s no ruht of her oill"
"A terrible fate for any person, to be always alone," he said, and Liath sa he looked searchingly at Hanna and how she colored, and spoke to cover her discomposure