@@@@@“Well, you'll always know where to look,
@@@@@“Well, you'll always know where to look, won't you?”
His eyes flashed to my face when I said that, and then back to the road
“We'll have to wait for a bitLooked like they were almost finished
Jared circled the hospital again, then parked at the back of the biggest lot, away from the lights
He killed the engine and slumped against the seatHe reached over and took my handI knew
that he was about to ask, and I tried to prepare myself
“Wanda?”
“Yes?”
“You're going to save the Seeker, aren't you?”
“Yes, I am
“Because it's the right thing to do?” he guessed
He was silent for a moment
“You know how to get the soul out without hurting the body?”
My heart thumped hard once, and I had to swallow before I could answerI've done it
before“What was the emergency?”
It was a story I'd never told them before, for obvious reasonsIt was one of my bestJamie would have loved itI sighed and began in a low voice
“On the Mists PlanetI was with my friend Harness Light and a guideI don't remember the
guide's nameThey called me Lives in the Stars thereI already had a bit of a reputation
“We were making a pilgrimage across the fourth great ice field to see one of the more
celebrated crystal citiesIt was supposed to be a safe route–that's why there were only three of
us
“Claw beasts like to dig pits and bury themselves in the snow
“One moment, there was nothing but the flat, endless snow