sitting  c Erlein di Senzio.

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    tting on  t.

    hing hard.

    quot;It is clear to me no you  your mind,quot; ;You  sigo kill people in your madness.”

    Alais sa speaking.

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    quot;; said Sandre flatly in t follo;hes afraid of Brandin.”

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    quot; do ; asked tregean named Ducas.

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    No one answered him.

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    Every time a messenger arrived from back in Astibar somethe Emperor had died . . .

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    And after t  of Barbadior. t Brandin of Ygratern Palm, o stand before Alberico, Emperor of Barbadior.

    Gods, tness of it ...

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