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Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
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"So, what must I do?"
Nathan's azure eyes turned away. "Your gift is killing you, Richard. I don't know the cause, but I'm afraid that it has spiraled into a phase that is out of control and fatal."
Ann's eyes were wet. "Richard… I'm so sorry."
Richard looked from one distraught face to the other.
"I guess it doesn't really matter," Richard said.
Nathan frowned. "What do you mean it doesn't matter?"
Richard rose up, groping for the wall to keep his balance. "I've been poisoned. The antidote is gone…. There is no cure. I'm afraid that I'm running out of time. I guess the joke is on my gift-something else is going to get me first."
Ann stood and gripped his upper arms. "Richard, we can't help you right now, but you can at least rest while we try to figure out-"
"No." Richard waved off her concern. "No. I can't waste what little time I have left. I have to get to Kahlan."
Ann cleared her throat. "Richard, at the Palace of the Prophets, Nathan and I waited for your birth for a very long time. We worked to clear those obstacles that Prophecy showed us lay in your path. The prophecies name you as central to the course of the future of the world. In fact, they say you are the only one with a chance; we need you to lead us in this battle.
"We don't know what is wrong with your gift, but we can work on You must be here so that if we come up with a solution, we can set your power right."
"I'll not live for you to cure me. Don't you see? The poison is killing me. It has three states. I'm already entering the third state: blindness.
I'm going to die. I must use what time I have left to find Kahlan. You aren't going to have me to lead you, but if I can get her away from Nicholas, you will have her to lead the struggle in my place."
"You know where she is, then?" Nathan asked.
Richard realized that in the state of focused, concentrated thought, as he was adrift in that quiet place while Nathan was trying to help him, it had come to him where Nicholas most likely had taken Kahlan. He had to get there while Nicholas was still there with her.
"Yes, I believe I do."
Richard pulled open the door. Cara, sitting right outside, shot to her feet. Her expectant expression quickly withered when he shook his head, signaling that it hadn't worked.
"We have to get going. Right away. I think I know where Nicholas took Kahlan. We have to hurry."
"You know?" Jennsen asked, holding Betty close by the rope.
"Yes. We need to leave at once."
"Where is she, then?" Jennsen asked.
Richard gestured.
"So, what must I do?"
Nathan's azure eyes turned away. "Your gift is killing you, Richard. I don't know the cause, but I'm afraid that it has spiraled into a phase that is out of control and fatal."
Ann's eyes were wet. "Richard… I'm so sorry."
Richard looked from one distraught face to the other.
"I guess it doesn't really matter," Richard said.
Nathan frowned. "What do you mean it doesn't matter?"
Richard rose up, groping for the wall to keep his balance. "I've been poisoned. The antidote is gone…. There is no cure. I'm afraid that I'm running out of time. I guess the joke is on my gift-something else is going to get me first."
Ann stood and gripped his upper arms. "Richard, we can't help you right now, but you can at least rest while we try to figure out-"
"No." Richard waved off her concern. "No. I can't waste what little time I have left. I have to get to Kahlan."
Ann cleared her throat. "Richard, at the Palace of the Prophets, Nathan and I waited for your birth for a very long time. We worked to clear those obstacles that Prophecy showed us lay in your path. The prophecies name you as central to the course of the future of the world. In fact, they say you are the only one with a chance; we need you to lead us in this battle.
"We don't know what is wrong with your gift, but we can work on You must be here so that if we come up with a solution, we can set your power right."
"I'll not live for you to cure me. Don't you see? The poison is killing me. It has three states. I'm already entering the third state: blindness.
I'm going to die. I must use what time I have left to find Kahlan. You aren't going to have me to lead you, but if I can get her away from Nicholas, you will have her to lead the struggle in my place."
"You know where she is, then?" Nathan asked.
Richard realized that in the state of focused, concentrated thought, as he was adrift in that quiet place while Nathan was trying to help him, it had come to him where Nicholas most likely had taken Kahlan. He had to get there while Nicholas was still there with her.
"Yes, I believe I do."
Richard pulled open the door. Cara, sitting right outside, shot to her feet. Her expectant expression quickly withered when he shook his head, signaling that it hadn't worked.
"We have to get going. Right away. I think I know where Nicholas took Kahlan. We have to hurry."
"You know?" Jennsen asked, holding Betty close by the rope.
"Yes. We need to leave at once."
"Where is she, then?" Jennsen asked.
Richard gestured.