‘So, that name I’d heard for you – Stonewielder.’ ‘Yeah. A few called me that before I was arrested by Malazan High Command.’ ‘But … I thought you were in command of Malazan forces in Korel.’ ‘Military, yes. The marines and regulars. But there was a civilian authority. A governor. Hemel. Hemel ’Et Kelal. A Bloorian nobleman. Never did know what happened to the man. Anyway, he and a gang of minor officers denounced me for treating with the Riders … and that was that.’
