When I sat back with a blink some time later, I had drawn a sacrifice scene again. Kauns were everywhere in the margins, but the central image was much clearer. Perhaps it was the hard graphite of the pencil rather than the soft darkness of charcoal that made the difference. But mostly I think it was being closer to the time of death that gave me more images to work with.
Interesting. Time did matter.
did "Look," I said, catching Ingirun"s attention. She had been pacing on the far side of the fire, trying not to disturb me as I worked, but she came back to my side to peer over my shoulder. "There is Yrsa, on her knees. But these two figures behind her aren"t men at all. Do you know them?"
Ingirun took the magazine from me to get a better look. The two women were clearly sketched, one ol
