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I asked, What kind of sorcery would do that? Split them in two?

I wish I could tell you something you want to hear, Kid. But Ive got a very bad feeling theres stuff going on we dont even want to know about.

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One-Eye was a prophet. Although I did want to know. And thanks to the Nyueng Bao I heard a story.

The light across town faded. The attendant racket subsided. Part of that drifted toward the hills. The rest fell back toward Mogabas part of town.

The crackle of small sorceries rippled across the plain. The whole expanse glistened silver. That was a strange one. One-Eye, what say we build a watchtower on top of one of the enfilading towers? That way we could get high enough to see what Mogaba and Spinner are doing.

You got Nyueng Bao to spy for you over there.

Suppose I dont ask you to do any work yourself?

The idea sounds a lot better already. But I still think the Nyueng Bao could be your eyes, you play it right. You dont need to get as paranoid as Croaker. Just look at what they bring you so you see whose purpose it might serve. Consider what might be missing the same way.

Sometimes Im as lazy as you are, I told One-Eye. Only with me its mental. That sounds like a lot of thinking. And Id rather see stuff with my own eyes anyway.

Just like the Old Man, he grumbled. You got to read them Annals all the time, how about you read some that was written by somebody besides Croaker? I was looking forward to a little relief from his righteousness.

So we were back to the black-market bread scheme.

Goblin turned up. Pretty exciting stuff happening over there.

Yeah? Like what?

I got up on the wall over there. For a while. Mogabas guys werent worried about getting caught letting me peek. He led this raid in person.

Just tell us about it, One-Eye grumbled. You all the time got to flap on about stuff that...Awk! A huge bug landed in One-Eyes mouth. Goblins smirk hinted that he might have been involved in the insects errant navigation.

That Doj character can tell you more than me. Some of his guys snuck out there behind Mogabas gang.

Why?

I think Mogaba was trying to bushwhack Spinner. But he stumbled into Lady instead.

Youre shitting me.

When that bunch of flareballs went up? There she was. Her and about fifteen guys. They were right outside the camp gate, practically crawling over Mogabas mob. Least thats what I heard. I didnt see it myself.

So wheres Uncle Doj?

Probably checking in with the Speaker.

Probably. Yeah? Look, weve got a bunch of deserters from the First. See if some will sneak back to find out more.

Here comes chunky boy now.