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“It is not your concern, sir.” Sir. Saint’s balls. And now the damn fool wants to walk out and possibly get mugged because of ‘nothing of consequence.’ “Piper…” “You’ve made it abundantly clear that you do not wish to see me. I am giving you what you require.”
It’s petty but I can’t blame Piper
Eventually, he went to prayer and the bottle, the two great comforters of humanity since the discovery of gods and yeasts.
You can fix this. Earstripe isn’t dead. The dead are beyond fixing. The living aren’t.
“We are not seeking blame,” said Stephen, in his deep, sad voice. “We are seeking responsibility.”
Haha, Stephen.
Stephen in full more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger mode was a force to be reckoned with.
“I’m terrible at this,” said Galen. “I don’t know how to be in love any more. Hell, looking back, I don’t know if I was ever any good at it. I’m going to screw up and hurt you and the thought of doing that kills me. All I can do is hope that I don’t fail you completely.” “That’s how it works,” said Piper gently. “You hurt each other and you apologize and you learn better.”
“I’m a bastard. And a berserker. I’ve killed so many people. You have no idea.” Piper put two fingers over Galen’s lips. “I’ve died a hundred times. I spend my life with corpses. I’m not afraid of you.”
But we won’t know unless we try. And I’m willing if you are.”
Galen’s fingers were laced with Piper’s and he had been rubbing his thumb mechanically over Piper’s wedding ring.
!!!!! They got married!!!
Piper had been stunned when Galen went to one knee, in the finest romantic tradition, and begged for his hand in marriage. Moreso because he’d been holding a bonesaw at the time and there was a body open on the slab in front of him.
🙈
“Tell him you love him, you redheaded numbskull.”
Galen. At least Kaylin has some sense
“We are all going,” Galen told him. “All of us. One last pilgrimage, to lay the dead to rest.”
Ahhh, so that’s why the paladins are all tense. I wondered if the WHAM line would have something to do with the Saint’s death. It seems like it
“Jorge, Clara, you know what to do. Brothers and sisters, let us end this.”
Sucking the juicebox dry
“He’s dead,” said Galen. “I know.” “Something that big shouldn’t die. It’s like the ocean or the wind dying. It doesn’t make sense.” “I know.”
And suddenly Piper knew what it felt like when a god died.
I KNEW IT! AaHHHHHHHHH AS SOON AS PIPER SPECULATED THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAZARD A GUESS AT WHAT KILLED THE SAINT IF HE HAD A BODY I WONDERED IF THEY WERE GOING TK HAVE HIM FIGURE IT OUT SOMEHOW. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
