Onara knelt behind her while Benzir crouched before her. “Had you run to them, you would have died, and before you tell me, ‘then so be it,’ listen to me. Feldar still hasn’t forgiven himself for what happened to Talanor, but if you had died with him, I promise you he would not be in this world any longer. You are a healer, not a warrior. There was nothing you could have done, even though your grieving mind wishes to tell you the opposite, to inflict more pain on you because you tell yourself you deserve it. Believe me, none of this was your fault. Lainon told Feldar this once when he finally
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