647 -What Makes the Sword of Arko

It was only my long practice that drove me through
the first two steps for Aras.  My heart
was shrivelling up inside me as I began the absolutely precise moves for Aras
under Second Amitzas's withering blue eyes and then I told myself No, that is
the God.  When the Mahid was my teacher
there was some prayer to Aras there, whether he willed it, or not.



I took my shaking breathing and my