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Chapter 74 - 74

You call for attention, and those assembled around the graves turn to face you.

"It's a sad day for us all," you say, "but do not think that we are free from danger or from duty. I want those of you who are supposed to be guarding the palisade to return there immediately."

The guards grumble and protest, but eventually they all move away from the graves and back toward Tar-Domos. You turn from the accusing glares of the mourners and follow the guards back inside the settlement.

You return again to the center of the encampment. The bustle of the settlement is much quieter now, and many yurts now lie in shadow, their oil lamps extinguished. You feel that perhaps you have one more matter to attend to before Seramet calls you to her yurt.