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the gods of velgarth are NOT prepared for demon cam
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Jisa is so excited! Today is the BEST day! Her Uncle Van is home! He was fighting enemies on the Border, which is very exciting and cool, but it's even better to have him here where he can play with her. 

Yesterday he promised to go riding with her today, but then this morning he said he was too tired and could they maybe have tea in his room instead. And then he fell asleep. This is fine, though, because it means Jisa can SURPRISE him with the fact that she's a BIG GIRL now and knows how to read and write and lots of other things. 

She has some chalk and she's been drawing wards on his floor. She knows some designs, now, from bothering Sandra in her workshop when she's bored and Mama is too busy to talk to her, and she can pretend to be a real mage doing real magic. Uncle Van says she isn't going to be a mage even though she has potential, which Jisa thinks is deeply unfair, and she sort of hopes that if she just practices very hard then he'll be wrong and she will be a mage after all. Mindspeech is neat and apparently she's going to be a Mindhealer too, which is apparently rare and important although she doesn't really know what a Mindhealer does. But being a mage is the MOST cool. 

She sits on her Uncle Van's floor and draws big circles and little circles and decorates them and sings to herself under her breath. 

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"Not all prices are paid in coin. What feeds your power? It is certainly not granted by the grace of our Sunlord." 

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"It's not! It's just something I can do all by myself, it doesn't need fuel or anything."

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"That - sounds awfully convenient. When tales are so convenient, I think wise men should doubt them." 

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"That's not unreasonable of you! How do you propose we find out if my powers have some consequence I don't know about?"

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"I could petition Vkandis Sunlord to send a vision with answers, I suppose." 

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"Sure, go for it, let's see what he says."

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The priest nods, and then kneels, closing his eyes. 

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The waiting ranks of Karsite soldiers fidget. There are some whispers. 

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- and then, after about twenty seconds, the priest's eyes fly open. 

 

 

They're glowing gold. 

"You should leave," he says, in a voice that isn't his own. "You are not of this world and do not belong here. You will bring nothing but darkness and ruin to our future." 

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"...gosh, okay, if that's the way you feel about it."

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"Leave now," Vkandis Sunlord says through the man's lips, and then Cam - or, at least, the air around Cam - is very suddenly on fire. It's a highly precise fire; it doesn't touch the surroundings, and the floor under him is totally non-flammable marble. 

The Son of the Sun collapses in a heap on the paving stones. 

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Someone shrieks in surprised terror. Hundreds of soldiers are suddenly brandishing their weapons. 

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"Rude," says Cam, showering himself with water and inspecting his pants for indecency. "I'm going, I'm going." He spreads his wings.

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His pants are super scorched but mostly still covering his most private parts. 

Nobody tries to stop him from leaving. 

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Once he is out of Karse he stops to replace the pants and then comes in for a landing in Haven.

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Herald Tantras comes out to meet him. 

"So? How did it go?" 

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"Remarkably inhospitable folks! One of them appeared to become possessed and set me on fire."

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Tantras jumps a little. "What? I - I've never even heard of that happening before, er, not for real. Sometimes in ballads. Are you all right?" 

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"None the worse for wear. Did have to swap out my pants."

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"Which I guess barely inconvenienced you! It's - quite something to get used to. Your powers." Tantras shifts his weight from one foot to the other. "So, er, what now? Are you more willing to help us get this war over with and someone more hospitable in charge over there?" 

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"I'm a little concerned that the possession means that the other claimant won't like me either!"

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"Karis, you mean? She seemed pretty willing to get your help, but - I guess maybe you'd better talk about it. I don't know how possession works. She's not a priest, though, maybe you have to be for it to happen to you?" 

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"Maybe. I should go over it with her, anyway."

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Nod. "Come in with me and I'll grab people for a meeting?" 

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"Sure thing." In goes Cam.

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