Chapter 30Taithur lay for a long time fighting the terrible D-h distortion fever that the brief unprotected hop had released in him.
All the care that could be lavished on him, was. But on his arrival on the Rithid that sad and glorious day, Andreas spoke the truth they all knew.
“There’s nothing can be done. There’s nothing can ever be done for distortion fever, you know that, except cope with the more obvious symptoms and hope that the spirit of the inner man will be strong enough to see him through.”
At a gloomy and subdued meeting, the Council appointed Hester as leader under the Battle Alert, until Taithur recovered, or...
Almost as great a casualty as Taithur was Ersand. Wracked with guilt about the effects of his action, he seemed to age visibly, finding solace only in work.
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