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Doubtful "Any other probleic is directed at you It’s like trudging through syrup It sticks to you and pulls on your muscles It’s hard tohand on ician and who isn’t You won’t be fooled by an illusion or be physically or hts Although--" he s to have to work on keeping your feelings fro on your face"

"That bad?"

"To , or perhaps a few acting lessons would help you Especially since pretending you’re affected by e When you return to the Citadel, talk to Fisk, he’ll find you the perfect teacher"

Even Valek knew Fisk, the beggar boy turned leader of the Citadel’s Helper’s Guild I remembered I owed him a…special visit for the aood at the ti shoppers bargain for goods had lost its appeal

"Any more advice?" I asked

"Ask me to keep your secret"

I stopped "Why?"

"Otherwise, I’ll tell the Commander"

"You’ll tell hiht Valek, will you please keep the knowledge of my immunity to yourself?"

"Yes And I’ll ask you to keep the reason we’re i to Yelena, when I had drained Tricky and Ulrick of their blood ic, I had pulled their null shield to e the shield as I had all the othermy own She also claimed a traumatic experience in Valek’s life caused him to pull in a null shield that bonded with his soul Kade, Leif and Zitora knew about the immunity, but not the null shield

Another quirk of the null shield being kept from the Council and Sitians was its ability to be woven with fabric I had argued against keeping the inforuard against it But the Master Magicians and Yelena had overruled me

"Does the Commander knohy you’re immune?" I asked

"No Only the three of us, and I like it to stay that way"