Xanna straightened, looking at her. ‘He did say that, did he not? I wonder if I can use the feel of his energy to trace them. He may now be sealed as part of the foundations of the fortress and his Afterdead returned to their natural state, but there will always be traces of him on paths he once walked.’
‘Is that true for every living thing?’ Yusumi asked curiously.
‘Yes,’ Xanna said approvingly. ‘But his energy had a particularly vile tang to it that makes it easier to recognise than most."
Focusing on the landscape around her, Xanna touched on every source of energy she could – the soil beneath her, the pine needles, the solemn trees themselves, birds darting across the sky, the spiny Nola rummaging around for food – searching for Rai"assa Karn"s residue. And she found it.
The heavy,
