She caught Ondo's eye, and a look of understanding passed between them. Concordance did want them alive, and it was making sure they had no way off the planet. They could do nothing but continue to the pole.
The Void Walker stood motionless as they approached, a calculating scowl on his features. He wore the plain grey robes of all those in his sect. He was a young man, barely older than she was. There was something predatory in his features, as if he were deciding the best moment to leap to the attack. Judging by the hunger in his eyes, the prospect of it delighted him enormously. His head was shaved bald, a caterpillar scar creeping across his skull behind his left ear, as was the case with all Void Walkers. Some part of the medical procedures carried out on them, according to Ondo.
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