“Well, Bowsell Farys,” said Mevans, “it appears you have the casting vote here.” “Ey,” she said. “Well, though I have no doubt that Hastir is right and the d’keeper did mean us to go back, as it sounds like what it is you know is right important, I wondered if only one of us could go back?” There were nods of agreement from Anzir and Hastir. But Mevans shook his head. “No, that cannot be,” he said. “For that is as good as saying we know what we was ordered to do and decided not to do it. No, it is an all-or-nothing deal, the interpretation of an order by a deckchild, see.”
