Already the heat of tears was burning in the corners of my eyes again. ‘I … I don’t know what to say,’ I managed, returning my gaze to that slender blade just so I had an excuse to blink the wetness from my eyes. How many hours of work had he put into this, to get it done so swiftly? ‘Thank you. Thank you so, so much. I … I’ll take very good care of it, I promise.’ ‘I hope it’ll take good care of you, too,’ Hallthor said, watching the sword with something I could only describe as gentle fondness. ‘But don’t fight with it until you’ve named it, of course – I hope Tared told you that much?’ I
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