Warrior
“With the star’s radiance still washing over her, she seemed more alive and solid than ever. “I need to tell you another reason for your coming here. The king wants you to collect some energy from the star and take it to someone who sorely needs it.”
“Who?”
“Does it matter? You need only know that he will die unless you take it.”
Redness tinged Jason’s vision again. “Why does this white dragon want to test me? If he’s so wise, doesn’t he already know what I would do?”
“No, Jason.... When unfamiliar duress is introduced, the future choices of a free man cannot be known, not even by the man himself or by those who watch over him.”
“You and your puzzles.” He looked toward the stairway. “Deference mentioned an old man who nearly drowned. Is he the one?”
Cassabrie’s tone sharpened. “I heard. She should not have told you.”MoreLess
“Who?”
“Does it matter? You need only know that he will die unless you take it.”
Redness tinged Jason’s vision again. “Why does this white dragon want to test me? If he’s so wise, doesn’t he already know what I would do?”
“No, Jason.... When unfamiliar duress is introduced, the future choices of a free man cannot be known, not even by the man himself or by those who watch over him.”
“You and your puzzles.” He looked toward the stairway. “Deference mentioned an old man who nearly drowned. Is he the one?”
Cassabrie’s tone sharpened. “I heard. She should not have told you.”MoreLess
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