Is this why you wanted to train and become a soldier? Glys asked. Because you wanted to be like him? “No,” Renarin whispered. “I wanted to not need him.” You were just thinking of how you love the way he helped. “I do,” Renarin said as the boys ran off. “But I don’t want to have to rely on him, Glys. All my life, I’ve needed the help of others in a way my father and my brother never did. I like to think that has taught me a thing or two, but storms … this day. This storming day.”

