He drove the point into the earth at her feet and dropped to one knee. “Oh god, no,” said Slate involuntarily. It was Caliban at her feet, but the Knight-Champion looking up at her. “The church cast me out. The city locked me away. And I prayed, when I was in the cell,” he said. “I prayed for weeks. And no one came and I knew the Dreaming God had turned his back on me.” Slate swallowed hard. “But you saved me,” he said. “And I no longer have a church to serve. So I will swear to you, instead.” “You can’t. I mean, you really can’t! Dear god! A paladin swearing to a forger?” “You are my
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