Mage Prime (Book 2)
“Now the pavements shone wetly in the pale yellow glow of the street lights. Across the street a small crowd of about a dozen men had gathered, hurrying forward as Evalin’s little group emerged. Karryl stepped out in the middle of the street to meet them, expecting and prepared for some kind of confrontation. The tall thick-set man who faced him obviously didn’t have anything like that on his mind. He pulled off the journeyman’s faded blue cap he wore, turning it over and over in his large hands..., the entreaty in his eyes saying far more than words ever could.
Nervous and uncomfortable, he shuffled his feet. “Sir, are our children going to die?”
Karryl decided to tell him everything they knew, which he realized wasn’t such a lot. It would at least, he hoped, allay any panic likely to arise from misinformed fabrications and wild conjecture.
The little crowd of men drew closely round him as he began to speak.MoreLess
Nervous and uncomfortable, he shuffled his feet. “Sir, are our children going to die?”
Karryl decided to tell him everything they knew, which he realized wasn’t such a lot. It would at least, he hoped, allay any panic likely to arise from misinformed fabrications and wild conjecture.
The little crowd of men drew closely round him as he began to speak.MoreLess
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