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Art was in no fit state to ride a horse, and in any case, Captain Hanna didn’t think he should be on his own. Nevertheless, as he was needed to get a message to the Earl, Art was sitting beside Big Davi in his cart, nibbling on hard biscuit. It several miles before Davi thought Art would be interested in talking, and when he did, he wasn’t very tactful. “I never thought you could look so rough.”
That at least got Art to smile. “I didn’t think so either.” He sat up properly and wiped his face. “I don’t like killing.”
“The Captain said you’d killed before, so why the violent reaction?”
Art was quiet for a time and eventually answered, “He was right, I have killed before. I’ve even killed a Will adept before. The difference between those times and this one is that I’ve had a lot of tim
