“Warprize, please, take my boots and cloak. You’re cold, and your feet are bleeding.” In point of fact, they burned like flames. “No.” I kept walking. Muttering something, Tant raised his hands to the sky as he walked beside me. I wasn’t sure if it was a prayer or curse, but I distinctly heard “Why me?” I was tired, my feet hurt, and I wasn’t going to listen to his whining on top of it all.