Chapter eight
Gessach Mebd, the meandering river
(The Tollyn, Three)Raven sighs. Do we guide the girl wrongly in this, Geya? She does not know what terror lies in store for her this turn of the Gyre. Dai says...
Geya’s reply is sharp. Speak not the name of him who betrays us all. The Amaranthine use her kind for the benefit of all living things, throughout the worlds between worlds. What does it matter if it is beyond their understanding? We give them protection and counsel in return. Without the thaumaturgical, their world would be a place of lesser wonders. Do you believe they would be the happier for it?
Raven shakes her head doubtfully.
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Katkin presented herself in the Maitress’ office first thing in the morning, after passing a sleepless night. The old woman looked up as
