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HOLY CRAP, I RAN. Down the stairs, where I narrowly avoided crashing into the two medical staff who had turned up to collect Reida. They greeted me with surprised looks.
One of them said, “We’ve come for an injured man.”
“Up there,” I replied, pointing at the entrance to the stairwell. Someone was shouting in the stairwell. I hoped Thayu and Nicha were all right. I hoped they could hold off any pursuit long enough for me to reach safety. Wherever that was.
I kept running, across the courtyard into the next courtyard, where people had returned to the outdoor eating-houses for breakfast and others were making their way to their various meetings.
My appearance drew a few raised eyebrows.
I turned into the first stairwell I encountered. This happened to be the building for minor deleg
