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- - - - From the book, it says, "Turning around after she locked up, she nearly tripped over Merric. He shoved her. "I didn't ask you to come bullocking in!" he yelled. "I don't need you to defend me!"
      - From the book it says, ""Now they'll give me all kinds of grief, saying I got a girl to...hunh?" "
      - From the book it says, ""Just leave me alone!" Merric yelled, uncomfortably aware of their audience. He punched Kel in the left arm, then the right, as if daring her to hit back. "
  - - - From the book, it says, "Just leave me alone!" Merric yelled, uncomfortably aware of their audience. He punched Kel in the left arm, then the right, as if daring her to hit back.
      - From the book, it says, "Just because you're a stupid probationer girl doesn't mean you can ignore custom like that, either!" Merric informed her."
  - - - From the book, it says, Neal saw them bunch up and came to Kel's defense, dragging Zahir's friends out of his way. When Vinson hit Neal from behind, the prince yanked Vinson off him. Merric threw himself onto Joren's back. Faleron and Seaver went for Zahir. The battle ended only when Sergeant Ezeko waded in and pulled everyone apart.
- - - - From the book it says, ""They aren't wild, exactly," she protested as he left the room, closing the door."
  - - - From the book it says, "Kel had thought long and hard about her gifts."
  - - - From the book it says, "With your tongue," she wrote on her note to him, "you need all the luck you can get!"
  - - - From the book it says, "It was also annoying to have to wait the long hours until the pages' supper. Only after the king and queen led their guests to a ballroom were the pages released from duty. The squires got to wait on the great ones while the pages ate silently and fell into bed. "
    - - From the book it says, "Kel sighed, her shoulders drooping. He wasn't a bully like Joren. Last night had been about bullies, not about a silly custom. "What is it this time?" Cleon blinked. He'd expected a refusal. He recovered quickly. "My quiver, if you would, my pearl. I took it to my room to sharpen the arrowheads last night, and of course I will require it. Return soon to my side, or I will pine."
  - - - From the book it says, "Sunrise come early today, miss?" Kel blinked at him. "What?" The man nodded to her face. "Looks like the sun's about to come up in your eye. Nice color." "Thank you, I think."
  - - - From the book it says, "Kel sighed again. She had been patient enough; she wanted her breakfast. "Like I said, it had nothing to do with you." Tucking her hands into her belt, she marched down the hall. The other boys gathered around Merric. She could hear them asking him what had happened. "
  - - - From the book it says, "The blows hurt, but she let him have them. His pride was sore; she understood that. Her parents had explained it, the first few times that someone she had tried to help got angry with her. She wished that Merric had tried to hit his tormentors as well. He wouldn't be so angry if he'd gotten in a punch or two of his own last night. "
  - - - From the book it says, "I try not to show anger," Kel explained. "The Yamanis won't talk to you if you let your feelings out. To them it's like picking your nose at table. Besides, haven't you noticed how tiring losing your temper is?"
  - - - From the book it says, Kel grinned. "You're welcome. Neal, who do you think sent me this?" She handed the jar to him. Neal opened it, sniffed, and frowned. He sniffed again, then waved a hand over the jar. "Ouch!" he cried, startled. "Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak." "Are you hurt?" she asked. What if the ointment was some kind of nasty trick? "What happened?" Neal replaced the lid and offered the jar back to Kel. "There's serious healing spelled into this," he informed her. "It's worth its weight in gold." "But who?" Kel asked. "Who would give me such a thing?" "Don't look at me." Neal tore up a dried cherry that had caused some disagreements among the sparrows. "I might have the skill to brew something like this in ten years, but only then. Wasn't there a note?"
  - - - From the book it says, "You watch," Kel informed him stubbornly. "I'll do so well he'll have to let me stay."
- - - - From the book, it says, This time when she left her room she skirted the oil and trudged down the hall. Joren, Vinson, and Zahir waited for her near the mess hall. "I guess you'll learn not to tattle," sneered Vinson. "I didn't tattle," she said. "The servants told him." "Never mind that," Joren said, glaring at Vinson. "You've had it easy, wench. That's at an end. You should have fled while you had the chance." Zahir opened the mess-hall door. "You were going to be rid of me by now," she said, her voice ringing clear against the stone walls. Vinson started to turn back. Joren grabbed his tunic and shoved him through the mess door.
  - - - From the book, it says, "You still haven't gotten it right," she heard Joren cry as Vinson giggled. "Are you deaf? We need the third book on the Hunger Wars in Galla!" "You said it was the second volume on farming in Scanra." Kel had to strain to hear Seaver. Of all the new boys, he was the quietest. "You-ow!" "Hit him again, Vinson," Joren advised. "Knock the wax from his ears."
  - - - From the book, it says, Vinson kicked Seaver without warning. Kel lunged, grabbing Vinson by the tunic, and hurled him into Joren. Seaver ran out of the room as the two older pages scrambled to get Kel. The rest went as she expected.
  - - - From the book, it says, "They all told Wyldon the traditional lie and took their punishment chores without complaint."
- - - - From the book it says, "Neal banged on her door as she finished dressing. Kel let him in, remembering to leave the door open. "I love that little cat," he said, ruffling her hair. "Thank you."
  - - - From the book it says, " To Kel's surprise, Neal practiced with the oldest pages. As a nobleman's son he'd been tutored in the use of a sword for the last seven years. "
  - - - From the book it says, "Neal opened it, sniffed, and frowned. He sniffed again, then waved a hand over the jar. "Ouch!" he cried, startled. "Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak." "Are you hurt?" she asked. What if the ointment was some kind of nasty trick? "What happened?" Neal replaced the lid and offered the jar back to Kel. "There's serious healing spelled into this," he informed her. "It's worth its weight in gold."
  - - - From the book it says, "In addition to her wash water he carried a sack containing three gifts. One came from Neal, a leather-bound volume about the female warriors who had once defended the realm of Tortall. "
  - - - From the book it says, "And if it was you?" Kel asked, buttering a scone. Neal blinked at her. "Would you have thanked me?" She bit into her scone. "Well, I – I..."
  - - - From the book it says, "Neal saw them bunch up and came to Kel's defense, dragging Zahir's friends out of his way. "
  - - - From the book it says, "You got space for me?" Faleron wanted to know. "I need to pick Neal's brain for this paper Sir Myles wants me to write. Besides, everybody knows it's warmer with more people in the room."
  - - - From the book it says, "She put her butter knife down. "Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?" "Never. They're mother's milk to me. Answer, please."
- - - - From the book it says "Thirteen sparrows, the entire courtyard flock, stood on the coverlet. Crown
        hopped up the distance from Kel's navel to somewhere below her chin, where Kel lost sight of her. "
  - - - From the book it says "They had taken
        advantage of her departure to huddle in the warm hollow she'd left in her mattress."
  - - - From the book it says "She closed her eyes, waiting for the gentle peep. Instead the quick gait that circled her cheek stopped beside her ear. "PEEP!"
- - - - From the book, it says, "Good morning, teardrop of my heart," he greeted her. Kel sighed, her shoulders drooping. He wasn't a bully like Joren. Last night had been about bullies, not about a silly custom. "What is it this time?" Cleon blinked. He'd expected a refusal. He recovered quickly. "My quiver, if you would, my pearl. I took it to my room to sharpen the arrowheads last night, and of course I will require it. Return soon to my side, or I will pine."
  - - - From the book, it says, "Cleon blinked. He'd expected a refusal. He recovered quickly. "My quiver, if you would, my pearl. I took it to my room to sharpen the arrowheads last night, and of course I will require it. Return soon to my side, or I will pine."
- - - - From the book, it says, "At the end of archery practice, Lord Wyldon told them that riding class was canceled. "This is true only during storms," he explained as they put away their bows. "If it is just a matter of snow on the ground, you train outdoors."
  - - - From the book it, is says, "Wyldon bore down on the groaner, the first-year page named Quinden. "Do you think spidrens sit indoors in the winter?" he rapped out. "They've got nice furry coats. They don't care if it's freezing. Killer centaurs and killer unicorns hate drifts, but they'll attack in shallow snow. Get used to fighting in it." He turned to include the rest of the pages in his lecture. "Once a knight could take his ease in winter. Pirates, bandits, Scanrans, and Carthakis stayed home. We practiced our snow hunting skills, being polite to ladies, and polishing our armor. Winter was our easy season. "These immortals changed everything," he went on. "Many are out and about in all but the worst weather, which means we come out, too." "But most of them returned to the Divine Realms this summer," argued a third-year. "Didn't they?" "There are hundreds still in Tortall," Wyldon said grimly. "And hundreds more, once they breed. Only the monsters that came after Midwinter Festival last year were returned to the Divine Realms. That leaves plenty for us to deal with, one way or another. Any other questions?" The pages shook their heads.
  - - - From the book, it says, "Today we commence with a knight's primary weapon," Wyldon informed them. Sergeant Ezeko came forward pushing a barrel set on a small, wheeled cart. The barrel was stuffed with wooden practice swords. "Take one," he ordered. "Treat it as your own from this moment."
  - - - From the book, it says, No one handed a practice sword to Kel. She was able to try several before choosing one. It felt easy in her grasp, almost feather-light after her lance. The exercises were like those for the staff; the thing to remember was that the weapon was shorter. They were paired off as usual. Wyldon and Ezeko took them through the basics, high blocks against high strikes, middle strikes to middle blocks, and low blocks against low strikes. Ezeko then led the older boys in more complex exercises as Lord Wyldon stayed with the first-years. To Kel's surprise, Neal practiced with the oldest pages. As a nobleman's son he'd been tutored in the use of a sword for the last seven years.
  - - - From the book, it says, "Lord Wyldon was livid. He sentenced all of them to a week of early-evening duty in the palace laundry. The laundry maids, a set of rough, no-nonsense women with muscles that Kel envied, had a field day with the lads assigned to help them."
- - - - From the book, it says, "She decided that the worst part of her chore was constantly being under the eye of Master Oakbridge, the etiquette teacher. He missed nothing, either in the banquet hall or on the stairs. No one was allowed to relax for so much as a breath as long as the feasts went on. Kel would have loved the chance to look inside the hall at the nobles and all their finery. In the Yamani Islands the holiday was spent in quiet, at home with family. The colorful celebrations of the Eastern Lands with the great logs for the hearths, the fantastic structures of cakes and candy shaped like castles and immortals, the silk garlands, and the performances of players were just a dim memory for her. She would have liked to see more than hot, sweaty kitchen folk and nervous, sweaty senior pages. "
    - - From the book it says "She decided that the worst part of her chore was constantly being under the eye
        of Master Oakbridge, the etiquette teacher."
  - - - From the book it says "He missed nothing, either in the
        banquet hall or on the stairs."
- - - - From the book, kel thought "The prince had been a source of worry. She thought it might be presumptuous to
        give him a present, but she really wanted to. She gave him a small Yamani painting of a bridge over a forest stream. The colors were dreamlike: grays, faded blues and greens, stark browns. It always gave her a feeling of peace, and she
        hoped it would make Roald feel better about his coming marriage."
  - - - From the book it says "To Kel's surprise, Prince Roald gave her a blown glass horse no longer than her thumb. When she saw the flattened ears and the bared teeth, she laughed. It looked very like Peachblossom."
  - - - From the book it says "When Vinson hit Neal from behind, the prince yanked Vinson off him."
- - - - From the book it says, " Faleron and Seaver went for Zahir."
  - - - From the book it says, "I need help with mathematics," Seaver told Kel, his dark eyes meeting hers squarely. "Would you mind?"
  - - - From the book it says, "Kel had to strain to hear Seaver. Of all the new boys, he was the quietest. "
  - - - From the book it says, "In late January, Kel was studying in the library when she noticed that Seaver had come and gone three different times in one evening. He would take a volume, return at a trot with it, and find another. The last time he searched the shelves, she closed her own book and followed him. He turned into Joren's room. "You still haven't gotten it right," she heard Joren cry as Vinson giggled. "
      - From the book it says, "Are you deaf? We need the third book on the Hunger Wars in Galla!" "You said it was the second volume on farming in Scanra." Kel had to strain to hear Seaver. Of all the new boys, he was the quietest. "You-ow!" "Hit him again, Vinson," Joren advised. "Knock the wax from his ears." Kel opened the door in time to see Vinson cuff Seaver. "Just when I finished most of my punishment work, too," she announced. "
- - - - From the book it says, " Faleron and Seaver went for Zahir."
  - - - From the book it says, "You got space for me?" Faleron wanted to know. "I need to pick Neal's brain for this paper Sir Myles wants me to write. Besides, everybody knows it's warmer with more people in the room."
- - - - From the book it says "When he left, the older pages
        moved around. Kel found herself facing Zahir. Uh-oh, she thought as the Bazhir's dark eyes blazed. I'm in trouble now."
      - From the book, it says, "The moment the
        sergeant's eyes were elsewhere, Zahir hissed,"It's time for you to take your place behind the veil, where you belong!" Zahir said from the book."
  - - - From the book it says "Zahir growled, "A woman out of her place is a distraction to men!" and struck her
        repeatedly".
  - - - From the book it says "He broke the drill, banging Kel's legs hard as he swung his wooden practice sword
        from left to right."
- - - - From the book it says "You still haven't gotten it right," she heard Joren cry as Vinson giggled. "Are you deaf? We need the third book on the Hunger Wars in Galla!"
  - - - From the book he said "It's the Lump," Vinson told Joren, as if the blond youth couldn't see that for
        himself."
  - - - From the book it says "Vinson kicked Seaver without warning."