Fire Sea (1991)
Fire Sea
“The preserver had done his job well. No grotesque stiffening of the limbs, face muscles relaxed; Edmund might have been peacefully sleeping, except for the gaping, bloody hole in the chest. The preserver had been ordered to leave the wound, visible evidence of the prince's terrible manner of death and one guaranteed to inflame his people to war when the cadaver was returned.
The Patryn rolled over on his back, made himself as comfortable as he could on the hard stone bed, and wondered how long it would be before the dynast came to pay him a visit.
“You're a cool one, aren't you?” The preserver, passing by the cell, on his way home after his cycle's duty, paused to stare at Haplo. “I've seen corpses more restless. That one, for example”—the preserver motioned gloomily at the prince— “will be a handful when it comes back to life. They keep forgetting they're locked up and crash into the bars. Then, when I make them understand, they pace: back and forth and back and forth. Then they forg...et again and hurl themselves against the bars.MoreLess
The Patryn rolled over on his back, made himself as comfortable as he could on the hard stone bed, and wondered how long it would be before the dynast came to pay him a visit.
“You're a cool one, aren't you?” The preserver, passing by the cell, on his way home after his cycle's duty, paused to stare at Haplo. “I've seen corpses more restless. That one, for example”—the preserver motioned gloomily at the prince— “will be a handful when it comes back to life. They keep forgetting they're locked up and crash into the bars. Then, when I make them understand, they pace: back and forth and back and forth. Then they forg...et again and hurl themselves against the bars.MoreLess
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