Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)

by Lois McMaster Bujold

think He wanted a successor who would be rather better guarded,

Haha. The Bastard in response to Ista’s suggestion that she must die again soon: “I do hope not. I should have to train another porter. I quite fancied a royina for a time.” Ch. 26 p. 454.

“I am called. I come.” And you may either help, brother, or get out of my way.

Haha

PEJAR

Haha of course. Religion must have its due.

Laonin.

Holy General dy Yarrin

Aww, sweet.

within the hour humble petitioners had descended upon dy Cabon to beg the royal saint’s indulgence for their dead.

Ista spent the day until darkness fell being conducted by dy Cabon and Liss from graveside to graveside, reporting the fates of souls.

Ista refused none who asked her aid, for most surely, these had not refused her.

Every mourner seemed to have some story to tell her of their dead; not, she realized at length, in the expectation that she would do anything, except listen.

see this man; make him real in your mind, as in ours; for in the realm of matter, he live...

How could the gods’ minds hold all these tales in full? For They remember us perfectly.

ARHYS’S FUNERAL

provincar of Caribastos

dy Oby,

dy Baocia,

Il...

F...

The sacred animal of the Father of Winter here was a fine old gray deerhound,

Illvin

Lady Cattilara,

There would never be friendship between them, exactly; but the blood they’d mingled on the tower, Ista judged, had bought them enough mutual respect to survive upon.

Cattilara bore away great grief in her heart,

not, Ista thought, a crippling burden of hatred, rage, or guilt along with it.

LORD ILLVIN

ISTA

Haha sweet.

“Provincar dy Caribastos has confirmed your command of Porifors, I see.” “For the moment, at least,” said Illvin. “For the moment?”

my niece Liviana—

Marshal dy Palliar

Chancellor dy Cazaril

If my brother’s and dy Caribastos’s and Foix’s letters”—and mine—“do not fetch them, they are n...

Haha

Joen,

Sordso?

one scarcely knows if he would be of more use to us as a hostage, or set loose to be a very bad enemy leader.”

Haha ouch

Haha. “His poetry was not bad; it would be a shame to lose it.” Ch. 17 p. 312.

my roving court needs a royal seneschal:

Marshal dy Palliar will need an experienced intelligencer,

Resources devoted to the protection of such a sorceress-saint would not be considered wasted.

If it is clearly understood that the saint serves not Chalion, not even the Temple, but the god, and must go as the god directs.

dy Cazaril will understand that part; and I think he could drill it into dy Palliar’s head if anyone could.”

Haha

ISTA

dy Baocia

Foix

Haha