Aedion spread out a map on the low table between them and put a callused finger on Orynth. “There were two waves of birds. The first went north-northwest.” He traced a vague line. “From the tower, I could see far enough that I knew many of them had come from the south—most of the birds near us didn’t move much. But then the second wave shoved all of them to the north and east, like something from the center of the land threw them that way.” Chaol pointed to Perranth, the second-largest city in Terrasen. “From here?” “Farther south.” Aedion knocked Chaol’s hand out of the way. “Endovier or even
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