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John is laying in front of a campfire, the great Carthaki desert stretching out beyond him. A woman sits on the other side of the fire, and the only truly remarkable thing about her is how astonishingly tall she is. That and the fact there’s a woman in the middle of the desert with him.
“I could have sworn I was dying,” John comments, because the last thing he can remember is an arrow piercing his shoulder and people screaming and his horse rearing as the mages advanced-
He can’t remember what she says exactly, but it’s important. She kept him alive. She wants something in return for it. It sounds like something John would be happy to give. The woman is incredibly tall, and her eyes are light and indescribable, incredibly noteworthy even if he can’t think of a single way to describe them.