‘They reached for you and seized him instead. He has not the faintest idea of how to protect himself. For all I know, they have him still.’ ‘What? How?’ I asked numbly. ‘Back there at the plaza. You two were Skill-linked, however briefly, by the strength of the stone and the strength of who you are. It leaves a … sort of a path. The more often two are linked, the stronger it becomes. With frequency it becomes a bond, like a coterie bond. Others who are Skilled can see such bonds, if they look for them. Often they are like back doors, unguarded ways into a Skilled one’s mind. This time,
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