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"Here, it will go faster if I help you," she said, scrubbing the top of his head as she did for Sowe He froze for adown his face from his nose It ater What they needed was some soap

He hiked up his sleeves and scrubbed his arers and tried to chafe away layers of dirt, scaly skin, and chalky crusts froing against the chaen beneath

"Let me see your eyebrow, Colvin"

He looked up at her, swept his dripping hair back, and he looked like someone else A thin half-for the heed up so his eyebrow He winced, clenched his teeth, as she cleaned the wound It did not bleed, but it would scar The woad had kept it closed

"There You s "I a Your sister will hardly notice the scar when you return"

"She has a gift for astuteness As do you"

"I like to think I am shrewd My pride does anyway I ao We should not tarry long"

"Help you?" he said, sing His eyes looked panicked

She coiled up her hair "Hold this up That is all Sowe normally helps me, but you will have to do If you are not too proud to serve a wretched girl"

The water arht lowed red Washing was so to chafe her arms and her neck while Colvin held her hair up She wiped her face furiously, hoping to get away the ses and dirt caked in the sea the burn of the water as it ran down her scalp She fussed her hair, s fro froleaain The ainst her skin

"If only Pasqua had packedexcess water from wavy hair Hers was ripped, tattered at the hereen color "You have hardly spoken today," Lia said as they walked around to the stallion "You have hardly said ten words since we left thisto your friend," he replied, gathering the reins and stroking the mane "I did not want to intrude"

"You can trust Jon," Lia said

"Trusting anyone does not come easily to me Even you – it took time before I did trust you, remember?"