I know him as both. [Her voice is almost - almost - steady. She doesn't feel steady. She can feel her head spinning, the lump in her throat back with a vengeance.] Roland's his true name, I ken that. May as well call him by it.
[He's alive. Or was alive, long enough to tell this woman of her. Susan, who's been praying night and day to a god she doesn't much believe in for the safety of her love, who's been bargaining with ka since Clay Reynolds dragged her back into town - if I have to die, if our baby has to die, let him live - now feels almost faint with relief. She grips the bars to steady herself, taking a deep and slightly shuddering breath.]
[It takes her a moment to even think about the rest of what Susannah is saying. At last, she lets out a low, slightly hiccoughing laugh.]
Came as a shock to me, too. Burned, drowned, and born again, all in one day. Aye, I died, sai Dean. Leastaways, I can't see any other way that could have ended.
You don't sound like Inner Baronies stock, either. How'd you come to meet him? [Her eyes gleam with sudden hope.] Is he here? [Please tell me he's here.]
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[He's alive. Or was alive, long enough to tell this woman of her. Susan, who's been praying night and day to a god she doesn't much believe in for the safety of her love, who's been bargaining with ka since Clay Reynolds dragged her back into town - if I have to die, if our baby has to die, let him live - now feels almost faint with relief. She grips the bars to steady herself, taking a deep and slightly shuddering breath.]
[It takes her a moment to even think about the rest of what Susannah is saying. At last, she lets out a low, slightly hiccoughing laugh.]
Came as a shock to me, too. Burned, drowned, and born again, all in one day. Aye, I died, sai Dean. Leastaways, I can't see any other way that could have ended.
You don't sound like Inner Baronies stock, either. How'd you come to meet him? [Her eyes gleam with sudden hope.] Is he here? [Please tell me he's here.]