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The growl from Nizeera’s mouth caused Lukias to turn in fear She padded up to the table, leapt on it in a single bound, and pressed her whiskered nose directly up to his forehead

"It…is…a…cat A trained…cat You gave it a signal…I could not see"

"Stubborn," Annon said "You require more proof Whisper a name into Nizeera’s ear and I will hear it Choose whatever word you wish And to assure you that I cannot read lips, I will turn around"

"It cannot…be…"

"Choose your isely Choose a phrase I can hear her thoughts and she can hear mine Only a Druidecht can do this, Lukias Say what you will, and I’ll hear it"

Annon turned around, but not before noticing the subtle nod of approval from Erasmus and Khiara He waited aon Annon’s finger confir is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken nificently Men deceive and are often deceived in turn I do not fully know the tradition of when the Rikes of Seithrall began wearing rings that divine the truth, but I do know that doing so made it possible for the city to codos actually work What I do know is that just the thought of the roup or ast individuals, you can be sure that only evil will result"

--Possidius Adeodat, Archivist of Kenatos

When Hettie and Paedrin eed from the Dryad tree in the midst of the Paracelsus Towers in Kenatos, it was croorkers intent on rebuilding the broken edifice The transfer froarden in Silvandom had been instantaneous and it was early in the day still, though crowded and full of dust Scaffolding had been erected throughout the inner courtyard and workers of all types carted wheelbarrows, baskets of chisels, and fraging with the of flies and the s at the corabbed his sleeve and tugged at him impatiently He had no idea how to blend in with a crowd or ," Hettie whispered "It et out of this courtyard The gate is over there Haven’t you been here before?"

He jerked his ar the tower courtyard There were individuals up on the scaffold already, haments of stone and rubble away to prepare neat flat surfaces for the replaceateway, Hettie saw the Cruithne soldier look at her and Paedrin, his eyes narrowing So nize her as Tyrus’s niece? She had to assu her pace Her ears were frantic for the sound of pursuit Her heart raced with panic It was a boldto Kenatos after what had just happened in Silvandom However, it would be the last place the Arch-Rike would suspect theate, an enor beahts The structure was as tall as the outer wall and reminded her of the equipment used at the docks to unload ships There were nuing the chains and ropes and counterweights It was impressive how quickly the repair was underway The city was truly a hive of activity

"I did not know there was a Dryad tree in the midst of Tyrus’s tower," Paedrin said "It did not even see to each other again?" Hettie asked with an edge of anger in her voice, but she kept it low "I was under the i to do with me"

"You understand correctly," he answered The look in his eye was full of veno an observation"

"You are too simple, Paedrin," she said "For all your talk of the Uddhava and anticipating s that you were outwitted Your pride is injured Pain is a teacher But Tyrus thought ould beat a very fast pace, heading down froether would require trust, which is soht now At least I lack it Perhaps in your culture, it is acceptable to betray so happened Maybe you feel you deserve praise for doing such a wonderful job?"