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She leapt to her feet "I didn't give birth to you just so you could throw your life away! You're half a head taller than him--he's a dwarf compared to you How could he possibly kill you?"

"He was trained as a soldier And not that long ago, Mother What have I been trained as? A farmer A er who happens to be preternaturally large and clever and strong Not war Not fighting I haven't fought anyone since I was so tiny and had to battle constantly to keep the on me"

"Your father and I did not conceive you so that you could die at the hands of a Wiggin, like your father did!"

"Technically, Father died at the hands of a Delphiki Julian to be precise"

"Delphiki, Wiggin--sides of the same coin I forbid you to let him kill you"

"I told you, Mother He'll find a way It's what he does He's a warrior"

"No!"

It took two hours to cal and screa to make sense of it But finally she was asleep

He went to the stock control office and used the coe:

I believe that I've ed you How can we end this?

He did not expect an answer until the next day But it ca off

When and where would you like to meet?

Was it really going to be this easy?

The time and place didn't matter much It had to be a time and place where they couldn't be stopped by Virloht to ood would it be to die for his father's sake, only to have the deed unrecorded, so that Wiggin could spin it however he wanted, and thus get aith yet another murder?

They ed off