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Sherin gave Nortah the sanised from her encounters with ao and play with your sword so wryly Nortah followed the others from the room

“Your friend could do with a lesson inthe bowl on the small table beside the bed “His demeanour is unseemly for a brother”

“My order has many different brothers within its ranks, some of them more see, dipping her cloth into the bowl and h noashon to the blankets

She gave him a be I haven’t seen before Who do you think washed you when you were unconscious?”

Vaelin drove the uncoht to the back of his er now”

“As you wish” She dropped the cloth into the bowl and er you canfor you In the gardens at noon I’ll help you, if you can stand to accept lance It took Vaelin a s

The Gardens of the Fifth Order were extensive, covering several acres of rich soil where brothers and sisters tended the myriad variety of herbs and medicinal plants that played such an iardens consisted of a series of rectangles, a reen and brown but here and there were islands of colour, clusters of flowers and cherry blossoardens in our Order,” Vaelin told Sherin as she helped hiravel pathways between the allotood deal and he leant on her shoulderthe proxi when she arrived at noon to take hiaze “They aren’t like this,” he went on when she didn’t respond “Master Sns, lost his tongue to the Lonak…” His voice faded Sister Sherin was clearly in no mood for conversation

She halted at a sure of Aspect Elerabetween the blossoms

“The Aspect will help you on the way back,” Sherin said,away to let his arm fall from her shoulder

“Thank you, sister”

She nodded and turned away

“Sister,” he said, reaching out to touch her wrist “Ahis touch, but lingered, eyes guarded

“I didn’t thank you,” he said “For saving oing e dreas I would never say If I said anything… offensive…”

“You said nothing, brother” She raised her gaze,offensive at least” She folded her ar “You’ll be leaving soon, going back to that awful place, going to fight soain, perhaps not ever”

Involuntarily he ain I proe of the flower garden, a sht “You’re so er”

“Thanks to Sister Sherin’s care, Aspect”

“Indeed Her care is valuable, as is her tiive me, Aspect” Sherin bowed her head “I shouldn’t loiter…”

“There is no rebuke, sister But the city is still troubled I fear your skills will be sorely needed again today”

Sherin nodded, gave Vaelin a parting glance, a sad s her way back to the Order House Vaelin watched her until she was out of sight