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For the longest ti the keep and the vast landscape of the heavens behind it, a sky of white and blue, all in motion so that the keep see a ship of all that stone, ploughing on through white waves

“What did you think of all that rubbish thisan answer, sure that Darin had taken his leave

“I think if Grandmother is worried, we should be too,” Darin said

“A door into death? Corpses? Necromancy?” I sucked and the flesh came easily off a pheasant’s bone “Am I to fear this?” I tapped the bone to the table, looked away fro to pursue eance?” I made it walk

“You heard those men—”

“Have you ever seen a dead et distant deserts and ice wastes Here in Red March, has anyone ever seen such?”

Darin shrugged “Grandmother says at least one unborn has entered the city That’s so to be taken seriously”

“A what?”

“Jesu! Did you really not listen to a word she said? She is the queen, you know You’d do well to pay attention from time to time”

“An unborn?” The ter no bells It didn’t even approach the belfry

“So born into death rather than life, reet it! Just listen now Father expects you at this opera of his tonight No showing up late, or drunk, or both No pretending nobody told you”