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She indulged the warm rays of the sun with closed eyes, excited LeSath had allowed this visit as close to the surface as the isolated compound allowed.
It’d been weeks since the boys had started her s****l education. She’d balked at every step. But now, she was open to it in a way that made her laugh at the self who’d been so timid. The void in the pit of her psyche had closed. Her time of training, of experimentation, and of contemplation had reformed her.
Since this all began, since Hamal had shown up in the woods and blown the head off some rabid creature Dee couldn’t explain, she’d had much time to think. Refusal, or lack of information, had made that time moot. Now, knowing Zosma’s involvement, knowing better the way the Rishis took up space on the board, contemplation was time
