Hard words are needed for this hard world. Muscles bunched in Orkaâ€™s jaw, hard words already in her throat. He stood to her left, solid and huge as a boulder. Â€œWait,â€ Thorkel breathed through his braided beard, a cold-misting of breath. She opened her mouth to scold him, but a hand touched her arm, a huge hand where Brecaâ€™s was small, rough-skinned where Brecaâ€™s was smooth. He is too gentle for this world of pain, Orka thought.

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