| Chapter 13: The Eh-Brand |
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Gleaming with pride, Sunder put his arms around Hollian. But her attention was fixed on Covenant. She took a deep breath for strength, then asked, "Ur-Lord, is it truly your intent to enter Andelain once again?"
Covenant faced her sharply. A grimace twitsted his mouth, "You asked me that the last time." He seemed to expect her to renew her former refusal. "You know I want to go there. I never get enough of it. It's the only place where there's any Law left alive." The krill-light emphasized the darkness of her hair; but its reflection in her eyes was clear. "You have told that tale. And I have spoken of the acquaintance of my people with the peril of Andelain. To us its name was one of proven madness. No man or woman known to us entered that land where the Subane does not reign and returned whole of mind. Yet you have entered and emerged, defying that truth as you defy all others. Thus the truth is altered. The life of the Land is not what it was. And in my turn I am changed. I have conceived a desire to do that which I have not done--to sojourn among my fears and strengths and learn the new truth of them. "Thomas Covenant, do not turn aside from Andelain. It is my wish to accompany you." |