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Tasa met Malris's eyes and looked down humbly.
"I followed you into battle, once, twice, a hundred times, following your lead with great confidence in our combined ability. I followed you in friendship through adventures untold. When I received your summons, friend of my heart, I rode to meet you again, and have toiled by your side since. I will not leave you yet. I will walk beside you into the Tower, and to what awaits us there."
Tasa bade her friends farewell, hoping that they would not be sundered for long, and made ready her body and heart to meet her next challenge.
"One path closed did not defeat us; another door shut and a new path cannot possibly do more harm to me than what was done before. I say again, Malris, I am with you."
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