‘And which of the two causes would you more readily give your life for, Captain?’ ‘Neither, sir.’ His brows lifted. She spat again. ‘I was a thief once. Plenty of hatred then, both ways. But then I walked a step behind your sister and watched her bleed for us all. And then there was you, too, for that matter. That rearguard action that saved all our skins. So now,’ she scowled at the Lightfall, ‘well, I’ll stand here, and I’ll fight until the fight’s left them or it’s left me.’ Yedan studied her in earnest now. ‘And why would you do that, Pithy Islander?’ ‘Because it’s the right thing to do,
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