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and went out, still arguing. The tent was very quiet with them gone.

тАЬItтАЩs been like this for days,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬIтАЩm sure you can imagine. Now. Tell me. Do you think you can
teach other shamans to do what you did?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt know. I wasnтАЩt trying to close off the whole borderland, I was just following Lauria. I could never keep
all the sorceresses out.тАЭ

тАЬThe djinni must have wanted you here for some other reason, then,тАЭ the eldress said.

тАЬThe djinni told you to bring me here?тАЭ

тАЬYes. Evidently, they thought youтАЩd be useful.тАЭ

I raised my chin. тАЬI donтАЩt want to stay here. I want to be with Lauria. Are you going to keep me here by force?
OrтАжтАЭ My voice faded, and I swallowed hard. тАЬOr are you going to let her come back?тАЭ

тАЬYou have great faith in your blood sister.тАЭ

тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬThough you know she was a spy.тАЭ

тАЬWas. Once. Not anymore. And she tried to undo what she did.тАЭ

тАЬAlashi do not free slaves.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm never going to stop trying to free slaves, eldress, even if you make me Alashi. What did the djinni tell you
about me, anyway? And Lauria?тАЭ

тАЬThey just said to bring you here.тАЭ

тАЬWhy not Lauria? She can free bound djinni by touching them. If they come close to her, she can send them back
to the borderland. ThatтАЩs what I wish I could learn to do.тАЭ

The eldress became very quiet for a moment, her eyes still fixed on me. Then she said, тАЬPerhaps her path is
separate from yours, because the djinni said nothing about bringing her here. They told me to bring you. They

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said that you would know something that would help us.тАЭ

тАЬI know something that will help you?тАЭ I shook my head. тАЬI donтАЩt know what theyтАЩre talking about.тАЭ

тАЬThen tell me what youтАЩve done this past year. Tell me what youтАЩve learned. Perhaps when I hear about your
journeys, I will know what the djinni were talking about.тАЭ

A barefoot girl brought in cups, a kettle of tea, and a tray of salty little fried cakes. She ran in and out several
times to get all of it. She bowed to the eldress as she brought in a white sauce to dip the cakes in, and left for the