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I must think. She set down the book full of complex Old Tongue runes, and approached Giyan. Khagggun have a saying when they go into battle, Riane said, with a tight grin. She counted off the seconds to thirty.

At first it seemedas if he was not sure of it. On the contrary, Lokck, as you think so do the others, high command, midechelons andlower ranks alike. He had taken her hand, rubbed off the dust withthe pad of this thumb, and kissed each fingertip in a way that had sent shivers down her spine. She hadthought them all long dead, scoured from life by Miina's vengeful hand, but now, evil upon evil, one washere skulking clandestinely around the bowels of the abbey.