"Move." Sauche said firmly. She knelt beside the crying maiden and looked straight into her eyes. "You know not pain until even your smile is lost." She touched her own scar. "I nearly lost mine, and am thankful my eyelid is al that was scarred." She put a hand on the weeping maidens shoulder, and then, without so much as a by-your-leave, lifted her in her arms. "Okay, I can carry this one." She announced.
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