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.Once, when she had deposited Loiosh, another jhereg cameand sat near him.Rocza returned and spread her wings and hissed with greatenthusiasm, and the other jhereg flew off.I applauded silently.Eventually the woods gave way to grassland, and I felt rather naked and exposedwalking through it, except that by then it was growing dark, so I delayed a littlewhile to give the darkness more time to settle in and get comfortable.Rocza didn tlike that, and hissed at me, but then she probably decided she needed the rest, too,so she set Loiosh down in the grass and licked him some more, and when the lighthad faded enough we started off again.It took a long time, but eventually we found the road through the woods, and thenwe found the hideous blue cottage, and we were home.Buddy came out, looked atus, barked once, then followed us in.Rocza flew into the house, went straight to thetable, and gently laid Loiosh on it.It was only when I noticed how pleasantly warmthe place was that I realized I d been cold.The old woman stood up. It s a long story, I said, and I don t think you want to hear it.But Loiosh hasbeen hurt, and wait a minute. Rocza flew over to where Savn was staring off into space, landed on his shoulder,and hissed at him.Savn very slowly turned to face her.The old woman and I lookedat each other, then turned back to them.Rocza hissed again, then flew over to the table.Savn followed her with his eyes.Sheflew back to his shoulder, hissed, then flew back to Loiosh.Savn rose unsteadily to his feet and walked over to the table, and looked down atLoiosh. I ll need some water, he said to no one in particular. And a small needle, assharp as you can find, and some stout thread, a candle, and clean cloth. He worked on Loiosh far into the night.Interlude You re looking puzzled again, Cawti. aaTTnnssFFffooDDrrPPmmYYeeYYrrBB22.BBAAClick here to buyClick here to buywwmmwwoowwcc.AAYYBBYYBB r r Yes.Your conversation with Loftis. What about it? How did you convince him that you were involved with the Empire? Just what I said.I fed him a few details about things his group had been involvedin. But what details? What activities of theirs did you know about? You and Vlad. Huh? I mean, he wanted to know that, too.He positively interrogated me about it. And you said? That I didn t care to discuss it. Oh. Sorry. I understand.How is Loiosh? You want me to get ahead of the story? Yes. Loiosh is fine, as far as I know. Okay. Should I go on? Please do. All right. Chapter ThirteenI sat for a long time after Vlad had finished speaking, digesting his words slowly andcarefully, the way one might digest a seventeen-course Lyorn High Feast onKieron s Eve a day I ve never celebrated for personal reasons, though I ve had thefeast.I kept looking back and forth between Loiosh and Savn, who had perhapsgone a long way toward healing each other, although Loiosh showed no signs ofinjury save that he wasn t moving much, and Savn showed no signs of healing savethat he d moved a little bit. Well? said Vlad when he d judged I d been silent long enough.aaTTnnssFFffooDDrrPPmmYYeeYYrrBB22.BBAAClick here to buyClick here to buywwmmwwoowwcc.AAYYBBYYBB r r Well what? Have you put it together? Oh.Sorry, I was thinking about I gestured toward Savn other things. He nodded. Do you want to try, or should I explain it? Some of it, at least, is pretty obvious. You mean, the land deal? Yes
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