He'd left because, back in Sacred Valley, he was the least. The weakest. He had wanted to escape. So what was he afraid of now? What was his fear telling him about his family, about Yerin, about Eithan and Orthos? That he was still weak. Powerless. That he was still the same useless Unsouled who could change nothing. Lindon reached out with his spiritual sense, connecting to the aura around him. It was easier this time. I fight so I won't be worthless anymore, he thought. It felt the same as the hundreds of other declarations he’d made over the last two months, spoken and unspoken, calmly or
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