Chapter three
The Priest, Taleyear
(Estate of Naer, Standing Seven[4])Death will not appreciate your meddling, Geya.
Then Death can take the soul. I have another to give.
Moonlight looks stricken. But what will happen to him when he dies again? He will be lost forever.
Geya is unmoved. We need him this turn of the Gyre. The survival of the Autochthones depends on it, and our survival depends on them, my sisters.
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“Will she live, Maitress? I heard that when the patrol found her on the Yoke, she was very nearly drowned.”
“Katrione is young and strong, and I think she will survive, Goddess willing.”
“What about the man with her? Do you have any idea how they ended up in the water?”
“No, I do not. Nor do I know why Katrione would be out of the Infirmarie at such a late hour. D
