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Asunaas not s He rarely did

Galad pulled his horse up before the High Inquisitor Asunaas surrounded by a suard of his Questioners, but was also accompanied by five Lords Captain, each of who his short time in the Children

Asunawa leaned forward in his saddle, sunken eyes narrowing "Your rebels form ranks Tell them to stand down or nore the rules of forement?" Galad said "You would draw arrows upon men as they form ranks? Where is your honor?"

"Darkfriends deserve no honor," Asunawa snapped "Nor do they deserve pity"

"You nahtly "All seven thousand Children ere under Valda’s command? Men your soldiers have served with, eaten with, known and fought beside? Men you yourself watched over not twoseven thousand of the Children as Darkfriends would be ridiculous--it would one to the Shadow

"No," Asunawa said "Perhaps they are siood man can stray down shadowed paths if his leaders are Darkfriends"

"I am no Darkfriend" Galadand prove it"

"The Lord Captain Coht, I order you to stand down"

Asunawa laughed "Child, we hold a knife to your throat! This is your chance to surrender!"

"Golever," Galad said, looking at the Lord Captain at Asunawa’s left Golever was a lanky, bearded man, as hard as they caht surrender?"

Golever shook his head "We do not The Light will prove us victorious"

"And if we face superior odds?" Galad asked

"We fight on"

"If we are tired and sore?"

"The Light will protect us," Golever said "And if it is our time to die, then so be it Let us take as many enemies with us as we may"

Galad turned back to Asunawa "You see that I aht is to let you name us Darkfriends, but to surrender is to deny our oaths By my honor as the Lord Captain Commander, I can accept neither option"

Asunawa’s expression darkened "You are not the Lord Captain Co his weapon, holding it forward so that the herons gleaht "And I hold his sword Do you deny that you yourself watched me face Valda in fair combat, as prescribed by law?"

"As by the law, perhaps," Asunawa said "But I would not call that fight fair You drew on the powers of Shadow; I saw you standing in darkness despite the daylight, and I saw the Dragon’s Fang sprout on your forehead Valda never had a chance"

"Harnesh," Galad said, turning to the Lord Captain to the right of Asunawa He was a short onsworn "Tell ht?"

"Of course not," theto the side