“Sounds like you made quite the Jongleur’s show of it. Figure you must want them thinkin’ you’re the Deliverer, at least a little.” Arlen’s face darkened. “Last thing I want anyone thinking. Waitin’ for the Deliverer’s kept us hiding behind wards for three hundred years.” “Ay, but the wait’s over, ent it?” Renna said. “Warded Man’s come to save us all.” Arlen scowled, but Renna dismissed it with a wave. “Oh, you slap the fool out of any that bow to you and call you Deliverer, but you’re just as quick to temper when folk don’t take one look at you and start hopping to your words.” Arlen pulled
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