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"'Fitz?' The inflection was the Fool's but the hoarse voice was mine.

I smiled. 'Beloved.'"

"'But I died. I was in that body, and they sliced the skin free from my back. I died.' His voice cracked on the words. 'I remembered it. I died.'

'It was your turn to die,' I agreed. 'And it was my turn to bring you back.'

"All that night, I cradled him in my arms, as closely as if he were my child or my lover. As closely as if he were my self, wounded and alone. I held him while he wept, and I held him after his weeping was done. I let him take whatever comfort he could in the warmth and strength of my body. I have never felt less of a man that I did so."