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Only then did the Citadel queen fully understand what she had loosedon the world. He heard her voice laughing on the stairs and a man's voice; the key clicked in the lock. “All right,” he said. “We’re ready,” she said.

These too had accompanied him from the Citadel. “You have come for me,” the prince answered, “and you have stolen the Paragon. “The Jin’Sai,” he said softly. Sensing the opportunity, Tristan struck.