“Soriam al’Fay’d kin Thanen, All That is Holy I went after Lailla. I quarrelled with the Father over the undertaking. In the end, the only concession I made to the multitude of his concerns was to take with me a companion, Brother Sherik by name. Sherik was once a champion wrestler in the pits of Mara-Udal in Damantia, an occupation as deadly as it was notorious. He had a tygar’s build, from the shiny dome of his huge head down to his feet, a third again as long and wide as mine. “I he...ar you are strong!” he boomed. When Sherik spoke, which was almost never, the very trees listened. “Do you wrestle? I will teach you!” Truly told, I thought I was strong until I wrestled the mountain. We were six days upon the road, and I was limping along nicely following our ‘morning warm up’, when Sherik said his next words to me. “Why go to Hakooi?” I replied, “My daughter left with a man she thought loved her.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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