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WE RETURNED to Barresh where people from the hospital waited on the tarmac with a van to take Lilona to the hospital. I knew the woman who leaned against the side of the van. She had once fixed my infected hands. I’d forgotten her name, but remembered that she was good. And she was Aghyrian.
Federza was going with Lilona. I held him back before he got into the van. “Come back to the apartment when you’re done at the hospital. You’re welcome to stay until you have other accommodation. You left some of your things there, and there is something I’d like to discuss with you.”
He promised he’d be there as soon as he could. Raising curiosity was always the best way to secure someone’s cooperation.
Ezhya taught me that.
We took the train home. Dirty and smelly as we were, we caught some o
