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who had captured him by order of Darken Rahl. Only Richard had
ever come to understand and empathize with the pain an Agiel also gave the
Mord-Sith who '░' wielded it. Before he was forced to kill Denna in order
to escape, she had given . him her Agiel, asking to be remembered as
simply Derma, the woman beyond the appellation of Mord-Sith, the woman no
one but Richard had ever before seen a understood.
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That Kahlan understood, and kept the Agiel as a symbol of that
same respect for women whose young lives had been stolen and twisted to
nightmare purposes and duties, was deeply meaningful to the other
Mord-Sith. Because of that compassion-untainted by pity-and more, Cara had
named Kahlan a sister of the Agiel. It was an informal but heartfelt
accolade.

"Messengers have come to see Lord Rahl," Cara said. "You were
sleeping, and Lord Rahl saw no reason to wake you," she added in answer to
Kahlan's questioning look. The messengers were D'Haran, and able to find
Richard by their bond to him as their Lord Rahl. Kahlan, not able to
duplicate the feat, had always found it unsettling.

"What did they have to say?"

Cara shrugged. "Not a lot. Jagang's army of the Imperial Order
remains in Anderith for the time being, with Reibisch's force staying
safely to the north to watch and be ready should the Order decide to
threaten the rest of the Midlands. We know little of the situation inside
Anderith, under the Order's occupation. The rivers flow away from our men,
toward the sea, so they have not seen bodies to indicate if there has been
mass death, but there have been a few people who managed to escape. They
report that there was some death due to the poison which was released, but
they don't know how widespread it was. General Reibisch has sent scouts
and spies in to learn what they will."

"What orders did Richard give them to take back?"

"None."

"None? He sent no orders?"

Cara shook her head and then leaned over to dunk the cloth again.
"He wrote letters to the general, though."

She drew the blanket down, lifted the bandage at Kahlan's side,
and inspected its weak red charge before tossing it on the floor. With a
gentle touch, she cleaned the wound.

When Kahlan was able to get her breath, she asked, "Did you see
the letters?"