Deklan the healer shakes his head. Kiara's pet bird is sick
and there's nothing more that he can do.
Mistress
Verta says the Makers will the beginning and end of all things. Master Ember
says that such is the way of all flesh, to be calcinated and perish.
The Cogger
53211 promises her a clockwork bird that will sing and never tire. Barilla the
Tinker promises a hand-carved grave maker in bronze that never tarnishes.
Her
parents—cruelest of all—tell her it's just a bird.
After they
leave, she takes her pack and sets out to find a cure.
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