‘Fool?’ My voice came out as a croak this time. His eyes came instantly to mine and he dropped to his knees beside me. His breath came and went raggedly in his throat. He snatched up the cup of water and held it to my mouth while I drank. Then he set it aside, to take up my dangling hand and clasp it gently. He spoke softly as he did this, more to himself than to me. ‘What have they done to me, Fitz? Gods, what have they done to you, to mark you so? What has become of me, that I did not
