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Vasher raised an eyebrow "Perhaps Dangerous though"

"Why?"

"Get the rope back"

Vivenna paused, realizing that the rope had twisted around branches that were too high for her to reach She hopped up, trying to grab it

"I prefer to use a longer rope," Vasher said, raising Nightblood by the blade and using its hooked crossguard to pull the branches down "If you always keep hold of one end, then you don’t have to worry about it getting taken from you Plus, you can Awaken when you need to, rather than leaving a bunch of Breath locked into a rope that youher Breath fro back toward the rooh of a spectacle for one day"

Vivenna followed, noticing that several people on the street had stopped to watch her "How did they notice?" she asked "I wasn’t that obvious about what I was doing"

Vasher snorted "And how ?"

Vivenna blushed as she followed Vasher into the craainst one wall Vivenna eyed the sword She still wasn’t certain what to make of the weapon She felt a little nauseated every time she looked at it, and theit was still fresh

Plus there had been that voice in her head Had she really heard it? Vasher had been characteristically tight-lipped when she’d asked about it, rebuffing her questions

"Aren’t you an Idrian?" Vasher asked, drawing her attention as he settled down

"Last I checked," she replied

"You see for a follower of Austre" He spoke with eyes closed as he rested his head against the door

"I’ down "Not anyht as well learn to use what I have"

Vasher nodded "Good enough I’ve never really understood why Austris"

"Suddenly?"

He nodded, eyes still closed "Wasn’t like that before the Manywar"

"Really?"

"Of course," he said

He often spoke that way,the about No conjecture No wavering As if he knew everything She could see why it was so with people

"Anyway," Vasher said, opening his eyes "Did you eat all of that squid?"

She nodded "Is that what that was?"

"Yes," he said, opening his pack, getting out another dried chunk of meat He held it up "Want more?"

She felt sick "No, thank you"

He paused, noticing the look in her eyes "What? Did I give you a bad piece?"

She shook her head

"What?" he asked

"It’s nothing"

He raised an eyebrow

"I said it’s nothing" She glanced away "I just don’t care for fish veryit to you for five days now"

She nodded silently

"You ate it every time"

"I’m dependent upon you for food," she said "I don’t intend to coive an chewing He still wore his torn, al, but Vivenna had now been around hih to know that he kept it clean He obviously had the resources to get new clothing, yet he chose to wear the worn and tattered things instead He also wore the saet longer, yet she never saw hie to keep it just the right length? Was that intentional, or was she reading too much into it?

"You aren’t what I expected," he said

"I would have been," she said "A feeeks ago"