SHADOW AND BONE1.04 - Otkazat'sya

SHADOW AND BONE 1.04 - Otkazat'sya

Shadow and Bone Darklina appreciation 4/?

For your face. What happened back there? Druskelle. Elite members of the Fjerdan military trained to infiltrate deep behind our lines and kill or kidnap Grisha. I meant how you sliced one of them in half from a dozen paces. Would you rather I’d used a sword? I don’t know. Sorry. It’s fine. There is matter to everything. Even air. Or shadow. Too small to see. The Cut is something a Summoner can do, but it requires tremendous skill. And I would only use it as a last resort. Like that ambush. Saints. Is this my life now? Hunted wherever I go. You get used to it. Your little light show in the fold was visible from miles away. Whatever their original mission was, they must have diverted to find you. That’s why I’m traveling with you. They’re that scared of you? I think they’re more scared of you. Why? What your power means to us. You may well be the first of your kind, but we’ve always had a name for you.

shadow and bone darklina appreciation 3/?

What are you? A mapmaker, sir.

An understanding between dark and light

I don’t want any of this. Why can’t you get rid of it? Do you think I haven’t tried, Miss Starkov? If I enter the Fold, I’m a beacon for the volcra. All I can do is make it worse. Then just… Can’t you use some Grisha science to transfer this to someone who can use it? You would give up your gift? Gift? You dragged me away from my only friends and now, according to you, I’ll be a target for the rest of my life. You know why you’ve never found someone with this power? Maybe it’s because they don’t want to be found. I’m going to ask you again.

At first, it was like drifting into a thick could of smoke, but there was no heat, no smell of fire. Sounds seemed to dampen and the world became still. I watched the skiffs ahead of us slide into the darkness, fading from view, one after another. I realised that I could no longer see the prow of our skiff and then that I could not see my own hand on the railing. I looked back over my shoulder. The living world had disappeared. Darkness fell around us, black, weightless, and absolute. We were in the Fold.