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“Yes”

“Do I have to?”

Silas stopped Vala and looked Mara in the eyes Close up, they e “You would prefer to return to Talon?”

“No”

“Then, yes, you have to”

“Can’t I just stay with you? Can’t you teach me?”

So stirred deep in Silas’s stomach when Mara said it He couldn’t take him with hiet in the way “I am afraid not I must continue alone The Shadoill teach you better than I can”

“How long will I have to stay there?”

“For as long as it takes for you to co, years maybe”

“Will there be others like me there?”

Not quite like you, I’m sure “There were many when I was”

Mara twisted the sheathed blade in circles “How old were you when you went there?”

“About the sa of yourself NoYou’ll have money, and a bed, of course”

Mara looked up “Okay”

The sunlight gliolden handle as Mara twisted it It felt nice to own so