But going far beyond doesn't mean there is no... But going far beyond doesn't mean there is no connectionThat was Donar's mistakeIt was before him all along, if only he could have seen
"And the naming," Elena asked"What did the naming have to do with it?"
"Naming has everything to do with it," Baerd said quietlyHe withdrew his hand from hers and rubbed it across his eyes"Names matter even more here in this place of magic than they do at home where we mortals live and dieAnd after a silence made deeper by the singing far away, he whispered, "Did you hear me name myself?"
It seemed almost a silly questionHe had cried it at the top of his voiceAll of them had heardBut his expression was too intense for her to
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And moving very slowly then, very deliberately, Baerd reached for and claimed her hand, and brought it to his lips, as though she were the lady of one of the highland castles, and not only the wheelwright's widowed daughter from the village below Borso
"Thank you," he said, in a queer voiceI thought it might possibly be different tonight
The back of her hand was tingling where his lips had touched her and her pulse was suddenly erratically fastFighting for composure, Elena asked, "I don't understandWhat did I do?"
His sorrow was still there, but somehow it seemed gentler now, less naked in his
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And now, finally, she did understandNot the difficult sum of what he was trying to convey, but the thing that mattered more for her: the source of
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"And Tigana is your home," she saidHe was still holding her hand, she realized"Tigana is my home," he echoed"Men call it Lower Corte now
She was silent a long moment, thinking hardThen, "You must speak of this to Donar," she said"Before morning takes us backThere may be something he knows about such matters, something he can do to helpAnd he will want to help
Something flickered in his face"I'll do that," he said"I'll speak to him before I go
They were both silent thenElena pushed that away as best she couldShe became aware that her mouth was dry and her heart was still pounding, almost as it had in battleShe
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"Look!" she said, delighted and awed
He looked around, and smiled then, from the heart
"You brought them with you," he said
Below them and east, in the field of corn across the river only a few voices were still singingElena knew what that would meanThis was the first of the Ember Nights of springThe beginning of the year, of the cycle of sowing and harvestAnd tonight they had won the Ember warShe knew what would be happening among the men and women in that fieldOverhead, the stars seemed to have come nearer, to be almost as close to them as the
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