"Mercedes Lackey - Heralds of Valdemar 3 - Arrow's Fall" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

saddle! The first two they had accomplished, and more than once. The third
they'd never triedтАФbut Kris had heard rumors of other Heralds who had. It did
not sound like something he really was curious enough to attempt.

They figured on making the capital and the Collegium by early evening, so they
were both wearing the cleanest and best of their uniforms. Heraldic WhitesтАФ
those for field dutyтАФwere constructed of tough and durable leather, but after
eighteen months they only had one set apiece that would pass muster, and
they'd been saving them for today.

So we're presentable. Which isn't saying much, Kris mourned to himself,
surveying the left knee of his breeches with regret. The surface of the
leather was worn enough to be slightly nappyтАФwhich meant it was inclined to
pick up dirt. And dirt showed on WhitesтАФafter riding all day they both were
slightly gray. Maybe not to the casual eye, but Kris noticed.

Tantris curvetted a little, and Kris suddenly realized that he and Talia's
Rolan were matching their paces.

:On purpose, two-footed brother,: came Tantris1 sending, tinged with a hint of
laughter. :Since you two are so

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terribly shabby, we thought we'd take attention off you. Nobody's going to
notice you when we're showing off:

:ThanksтАФI think.:

:By the way, you couldn't pass for twins; there's too much red in her hair,
and she's too little. But sibs, yes. Although where you got those blue eyesтАФ:

:Blue eyes run in my family,: Kris replied with feigned indignation. :Both
father and mother have them.:

-.Then if you were going to be sibs, your mother must have been keeping a Bard
in the wardrobe for Talia to have hazel eyes and curly hair.: Tantris pranced
and arched his neck, and one of his sapphirine eyes flashed a teasing look up
at his Chosen.

Kris stole another glance at his internee, and concluded that Tantris was
right. There was too much red hi her hair, and it was too curly to have come
out of the same batch as his own straight, blue-black locks. And she barely
came up to his chin. But they both had fine-boned, vaguely heart-shaped facesтАФ
and more than that, they both moved the same way.

тАвAlberich's training. And Keren's.: