That was chancy; the fire she'd remembered seeing had burnt down to embers, and she heard voices as she was blowing on the coals. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes. He had been such a bold little boy, always in trouble. He wheeled and raced after the thrower, but the man raised his own shield over his head.
It's all as tedious as counting coppers. I am told you were quite the climber, Bran, the little man said at last. You have to listen to me. MARTINhe'd gathered, to serve as kindling.
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