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measuring expression.
тАЬI should have thanked you before,тАЭ he said.
She looked down and away, toward the comer of the room where the ugly carpet met the
peeling mirror on the long wall opposite the bed. тАЬYou donтАЩt need to do that. The roomтАЩs yours until
morning-you paid for it.тАЭ
 тАЬIтАЩd never have gotten in here if you hadnтАЩt brought me.тАЭ He frowned. тАЬAnd this is not a place
you should have had to come back to.тАЭ
тАЬItтАЩs not so bad,тАЭ Klea said. Gratitude wasnтАЩt something sheтАЩd encountered much of, and she
wasnтАЩt certain how she felt about it.
тАЬDonтАЩt lie,тАЭ Owen said. тАЬYouтАЩre not one of FrelingтАЩs hookers any longer. YouтАЩre an apprentice
to the Guild.тАЭ
She snorted. тАЬAnd your teacherтАЩs going to have fits when he finds out what sort of riffraff youтАЩve
let in.тАЭ
His expression changed from faint reproof to something she couldnтАЩt name. тАЬMaster Ransome
doesnтАЩt have anything to say about it anymore.тАЭ
тАЬHeтАЩs dead?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ said Owen. тАЬIтАЩm no longer bound to him.тАЭ
тАЬWhat happened?тАЭ
тАЬI asked him for an end to my apprenticeship.тАЭ
Getting straight facts out of Owen, Klea reflected, was worse than pulling out mud-thorns.
Persistence was the one tactic that sometimes worked. тАЬSo-did he give it to you?тАЭ
тАЬHe said I already had it. What he gave me . . . тАЭ Owen paused. тАЬHe gave me Mastery over the
whole Guild.тАЭ
Klea jerked her head up, startled. тАЬHe did what?тАЭ
тАЬHe canтАЩt fight the Magelords any longer,тАЭ Owen said. тАЬThey have him prisoner-on one of their
ships, I think, orbiting Galcen. When I came to him there-тАЭ
She stared at him. тАЬYou went . . . тАШout of body,тАЩ did you call it . . . all the way to Galcen?тАЭ
Owen nodded. тАЬIt was necessary. When I found Master Ransome, he told me that if I wanted to
serve the Guild, I would have to claim the Mastery of it.тАЭ
тАЬSo you did.тАЭ
тАЬYes.тАЭ The comers of his mouth quirked briefly upward. тАЬGranted, nobody knows about the
change except for Master Ransome and me-and you, of course-which is going to make asserting my
authority somewhat difficult.тАЭ
тАЬUh . . . yeah.тАЭ Klea shook her head, bemused. тАЬSo what are you supposed to do with this
authority once you assert it?тАЭ
тАЬDefeat the Magelords,тАЭ he said. тАЬRestore the Guild.тАЭ
тАЬAll by yourself?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ he said. тАЬYouтАЩre going to help.тАЭ

Suivi Point proper-the original settlement, and not the myriad smaller habitats strung out along the
Suivan Belt-spread across its main asteroid beneath a series of transparent domes. Over the years, full
climate control and artificial gravity had come to most of the residential and business areas, though not to
the low-rent districts on the fringes or to the warren of interconnected tunnels and caverns hollowed out
of SuiviтАЩs inner depths.
The spacedocks were located well away from the better part of town, behind an impressive
series of airtight checkpoints, partly to lessen the risk of accidents from ships coming in and leaving-тАЭbut
mostly,тАЭ Beka said to Jessan as they walked along one of the dockbound glidewalks, тАЬthey want to keep
the scum and riffraff confined to the port quarter as much as possible. The first thing a free-spacer learns
about Suivi Point is that the people who keep their money here donтАЩt want anything to do with the folks
who help them make it.тАЭ