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“The regions nearest the breach are weakening,” Itharos added, “to the point of death Unstopped, the weakening will spread to each end of the wall”

“I know,” Dale said She would have shaken them if only they were corporeal

“The wall bleeds,” Itharos continued, “because those guardians are no more They have succumbed”

“Isn’t that why you’re here?” Dale de?”

The es looked uneasily from one to another

“Not precisely,” Itharos said “Our function is to inform the wallkeepers of trouble, and they in turn are supposed to inform the Deyers It was up to the Deyers to fix any problems, for it is the Deyers who have an affinity for stone in their blood; the ability to ith the guardians

“You uardians We can coh to knohen all is well, or not We can even negotiate with the imprisoned in the wall, but that’s about it Before our powers faded with the departure of our corporeal forone fro us the power to be”

She looked hard at each one of the here?”

Itharos shrugged “We don’t know the entirety of Merdigen’s intent in drawing us together”

“So you’re just going to wait,” she said “Wait and have a party when and if Merdigen returns, and in the meantime the ill continue to die Because that’s what’s happening, right? The wall is dying”

“It is unfortunate,” Boree”

“Unfortunate?” Dale was incredulous “Is there anything you can do?” Her question wasof feet

“Believe us, child,” Boree we could do to repair the wall ourselves, it would have been done as soon as ere awakened”

Dale practically quivered with anger, co you can do,” she spat “Do any of you even re under the open sky and breathing the fresh air?”

“Well, it’s been a while—” Itharos began, but Dale silenced hiesture

“Youtier Each of you spoke to me about your shock over the devastation of the land, the people, following the Long War Fa limbs, disease, a people and country e” It was odd, when she thought about it, that she should find herself lecturing thousand-year-old great es