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‘See, this is what I adore about you, kid,’ Ferius said. ‘The fact that I’m scared all the time?’ ‘The fact that nothing scares you more than the thought of lettin’ your friends down.’
kind you get from drunken gambling and comfort girls.
‘Well, it’s rough and rushed, but Momma always did say that vanity was a chain that bound the truth in illusion.’
Reichis took one look and decided that humans were even uglier when naked.
‘Awgothy bith!’
‘Don’t ever kill for me, okay, Kellen? Just promise me that. I know how bad you want to protect your friends, but don’t you ever walk in shadow for me.’ ‘I won’t,’ I promised, because I couldn’t stand the hurt in her voice. But I’m pretty sure I lied.
Ferius gave me one of those smiles of hers that make it seem as if the sun itself came out just to shine down on her teeth. ‘It’s an old Daroman word. Means “wandering hero”. Ain’t that a thing?’ She locked eyes with me. ‘That’s what you are, Kellen. You’re an Argosi. Don’t matter what me or anyone ever tells you. Your name is Kellen Argos. Let me hear you say it.’
‘I’m … Kellen Argos.’
however many people tried to tell me otherwise, I was her student. Her teysan.