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him as a template for how to put it all to proper use. "These
weapons, and with them, a chance to set things right."
"Why did you ask," he queried with genuine curiosity when
she was done. "He's dead; it doesn't matter what you do, he cer-
tainly can't stop you."
'Why did you?"
"It's not the Demon way. 77
"Am I a Demon?"
He opened his mouth to reply, then closed it with the clack of
teeth brought smartly, sharply together, because he had no true
answer for her.
There was an eerie stillness about the gate, and he realized it
flowed outward from the guard post, as countless tens of thou-
sands of eyes-none of them human-turned to him in mute ex-
pectation. Within the room, "hope" had simply been a word;
here, it was a person.
"Neat trick, Peck," called Havilhand.
"To say the least," Thom replied, watching the animals scuttle
aside to clear a path for him. "How's the child?"
"Still asleep, bless 'er. She'll need clothes, an' we ever get clear
o'this. What she's wearin', it's mostly tatters. Damnedest thing,
I tell yeh, cloth looks like it got scorched an' froze, all inna same
breath."
'Something like that. Be ready to ride."
"I'm a Pathfinder, little friend. We're s'posed t' be born that
way. 'Course, it's always better, havin'somewheres t' ride to, an'
yeh catch my meaning."
'Be patient."
'Be quick."
'Drumheller!" Khory, from atop the wall, which made him
stare in dumbfounded astonishment: How did she get herself all the
way up there, I
He would have said the same aloud, but she didn't give him
the chance.
"Riders, from the land, coming fast."
'How many?" demanded Geryn.






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