David Farland - Runelords 05 by Farland David

Author:Farland, David
Language: eng
Format: epub

Fallion studied the light for a long time, tried to work his will with it.

But nothing happened.

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"You must make a sacrifice to the light," a voice seemed to whisper. It was a memory, Fallion felt sure, of something that Hearthmaster Waggit had once told him. The greater Powers could not be controlled, only served. Fallion's father had been the Earth King because he served the earth well, suborned his will to the earth's.

But what did the flames desire?

Food.

Fallion recalled an old joke that Hearthmaster Waggit had once told. "What do you call a young flameweaver?"

Fallion knew that there were different names for flameweavers within their order. One who could call flame into existence at will was called an incendiary. One who could burst into flame himself, stand like a fire, was called an immolator. But Fallion had never heard the names for the lowest levels of the order.

Fallion had struggled, guessing words that were unfamil¬iar: an apprentice? A novice? An acolyte?

Waggit had smiled. "An arsonist."

Because they had to serve fire. They had to feed the flames continually.

Fallion took an old slip of paper from the drawer, a crumpled paper with only a few notes written on it. He wadded it up, held it above the candle.

"Come and get it," he whispered.

The flame bent toward the paper, magically reaching out as if with a long finger, and burning into it greedily.

Fallion held the paper in his hand even as it burned, let¬ting the flames lick his fingers for as long as he could. It surprised him at how little pain there was. He was able to withstand it for quite a while before he threw the paper down.

In that moment, Fallion felt wiser, clearer of vision than ever before.

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