That night they slept little and the next morning saw them weary and more irritable than usual through tiredness. Carthinal finally snapped. Khland was telling them of the dungeons in Frelli, and especially the torture chambers and enjoying elaborating on the tools of the torturer's trade.
'The torturers in Frelli very good at job,' he grinned. 'Their customers not die. In fact, they rarely become unconscious, so they feel much more pain. No one ever resisted telling them what they want know.'
Kimi gave a little whimper of fear at that, and Davrael glared at Khland as though he would fire arrows from his eyes. He longed to hold Kimi in his arms to give her the comfort she needed, but tied up as they were, that was impossible. As a tear rolled down the small girl's face, Carthinal finally
