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

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:You'reprettier than she is, though. The which you know.:

Kris was startled into a laugh, which made Talia glance over at him
quizzically.

"Might one askтАФ?"

"Tantris," he replied, taking a deep breath of the verdant air, and chuckling.
"He's twitting me on my vanity."

"I wish," she answered with more than a little wistful-ness, "that just once I
could Mindspeak Rolan like that."

"You ought to be glad you can't. You're saved a lot of back-talk."

"How far are we from home?"

"A little more than an hour." He took in the greening landscape with every
sign of satisfaction, now and again taking deep breaths of the flower-laden
air. "A silver for your thoughts."

"So much?" She chuckled, turning in her saddle to face him. "A copper would be
more appropriate."

"Let me be the judge of that. After all, I'm the one who asked."

ARROWS FALL

17

"So you did."
The rode in tree-shadowed silence for several leagues; Kris was minded to let
her answer in her own time. The soft chime of bridle bells and their
Companions' hooves on the hard surface of the Trade Road made a kind of music
that was most soothing to listen to.

"Ethics," she said at last.

"WhoofтАФthat's dry thinking!"

"I suppose it isтАФ" She plainly let her thoughts turn inward again; her eyes
grew vague, and he coughed to recapture her attention.

"You went elsewhere," he chided gently, when she jumped a little. "Now, you
were sayingтАФethics. Ethics of what?"

"My Gift. Specifically, using itтАФ"