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merlinscribeNo news from Tor, alas. I'm starting this new thread because otherwise things get tangled, even though I do see them. I am entering the last 50,000 words of the book. Here's a taste:
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"Are you mad?" the voice from the darkness demanded, sounding astonished. "Do you not know I could destroy you in an eyeblink? Why aren't you afraid of me?"
("Because we can't see you," muttered Runacar.)
"Destruction is easy," Vieliessar said. "My people spent many years waging war upon our own kind. We covered the ground with the dead from our wars, and killing was our pleasure and sport. We thought ourselves masters of the world until the Endarkened came. They kill as easily as they breathe, and we have no force that can withstand them. If I had known I would have to argue with Leutric's weapon, I think I would not have bothered to come."
"'Weapon'," the voice said, sounding insulted. "You do not even know what I am." Suddenly the cloud of Silverlight above Vieliessar's head flared brighter than flame, vanished, and the chamber walls began to give off a bright blue-green glow.
"I, Children of Stars, am a dragon."
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"Are you mad?" the voice from the darkness demanded, sounding astonished. "Do you not know I could destroy you in an eyeblink? Why aren't you afraid of me?"
("Because we can't see you," muttered Runacar.)
"Destruction is easy," Vieliessar said. "My people spent many years waging war upon our own kind. We covered the ground with the dead from our wars, and killing was our pleasure and sport. We thought ourselves masters of the world until the Endarkened came. They kill as easily as they breathe, and we have no force that can withstand them. If I had known I would have to argue with Leutric's weapon, I think I would not have bothered to come."
"'Weapon'," the voice said, sounding insulted. "You do not even know what I am." Suddenly the cloud of Silverlight above Vieliessar's head flared brighter than flame, vanished, and the chamber walls began to give off a bright blue-green glow.
"I, Children of Stars, am a dragon."
