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;Characters
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*[[Kenton]] (Point of View)▼
*[[Ais]] (Point of View)
▲*[[Kenton]]
*[[Khrissalla]] (Point of View)▼
*[[Aarik]]
*[[Drile]]
*[[Tain]]
*[[Vey]]
*[[Raagent]] (mentioned only)▼
▲*[[Khrissalla]]
▲*[[Raagent]] (mentioned only
*[[Nilto]] (mentioned only)
*[[Delius]] (mentioned only)
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;Plot Summary
:'''Kenton'''
In the Trackt Hall, Ais talks to Tain about the boat races, which she thinks are being manipulated by Nilto. She meets back with Kenton and Aarik and they go to see the Lord Merchant, but are delayed for two hours. Upon attempting to practice his sand mastery as a way to pass time, the Lord Merchant bursts out of his office, yelling about the "unholy art" but Kenton enters his office to talk with him. Kenton asks the Lord Merchant what he wants in payment for his vote. But the Lord Merchant refuses to side with the Sand Masters because he would never side with something so unholy. He proceeds to insult Ais, and when Kenton defends her, they are kicked out of his office. Ais gets mad at Kenton for defending her and assures Kenton that she doesn't want his help. ▼
:''Deep Sand Border''
Kenton and the assassin fight. Realizing that he lost his sword, Kenton holds off the assassin's dagger with both hands while maneuvering to kick her off. When Kenton attempts to push the assassin with mastered sand, he realizes that she has greased herself in Terken oil, which negates his sand. When he tries to lift them both to gain leverage, she swings her terken leg through the ribbon dropping them both with the asassin landing on top. Kenton notes they are learning how to fight Sand Masters. As Kenton starts to dehydrate, he notices one of the DelRak that Raagent had pointed out previously between the dunes. She nearly manages to beat Kenton, but rolls them down the dune toward the deep sandling, then flings himself backward with sand so the assassin triggers the ambush predator.
He meets back with Aarik and Ais at the Lord General's tent and they mount their [[Rezal]]in to travel back to the Diem. Kenton notes that even if the assassin had followed them to the Deep Sand Border, she specifically waited for First Hour to attack so that it was the next day. Aarik notes that while his father finally spoke with him, he was still angry and tried to convince Aarik to carry a sword again.
Upon arriving back at the Diem, Kenton receives an invitation from the Lord Admiral to a ball thrown in his honor, requesting that he bring his "darkside beauty," Khrissalla. Kenton goes to find Khrissalla in the Darkside quarter of Kezare. Kenton informs her of the invitation, and they talk about the Lord Artisan, Kenton noting that nothing will matter unless he can find a way to get EVERYONE on his side. Upon Khrissalla asking if the Diem has any money, Kenton mentions that the [[Guild]] still paid their quarterly tribute to the Diem, but Khrissalla realizes that if the Diem never pays for anything, the tribute money is still out there somewhere, and if they can find it, it will help them gather the finances they need. ▼
:''The Diem''
Upon entering the Diem, they see Drile trying to take control of the remaining Sand Masters, claiming that the Lord Mastrell ran away into the Kerla to save himself. He tells the crowd that he already has promises of protection and wealth. Kenton confronts Drile (again) about disobeying express orders; when Drile asks how Kenton intends to enforce those orders, Kenton challenges him to a duel to be held as soon as the council makes their decision—because he will save the Diem. Drile says he will only accept the challenge if it happens before the council's ruling so that Kenton is never ratified as a true Lord Mastrell.
Later, Kenton returns to his rooms and has Dirin help him do an experiment. They discover that when a Sand Master strikes another's ribbon from the side it falls dead, but when opposing ribbons stike head-on they will both fall dead. He theorizes the latter was why more ribbons implied a stronger sand master, because if one sand master used their ribbons to negate both, but still had at least one ribbon left they could deliver an uncountered attack. Kenton theorizes that Overmastery is actually just like pushing one's muscles when working out—you've stretched your ability, but may also expand it.
:'''Ais'''
:''The Hall''
Ais talks to Tain about the boat races, which she thinks are being manipulated by Sharezan and whom she thinks is really Nilto. Tain says it's not possible, they had already scanned that data for manipulation. Ais points out that Nilto is too clever to rig specific boats to win, but the data shows that the outside race lanes are rigged to win more often. She suspects Sharezan's profits comes from betting on those lanes. Tain says he will set up observation of the races and expresses distress that she is away so often now. She assures Tain it is only nine more days and will have been worth it to close the Diem for good.
She meets back with Kenton and Aarik outside of the Hall, and they go to see the Lord Merchant.
:''Golden Market''
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:'''Kenton'''
:''The Diem''
Upon arriving back at the Diem, Kenton receives an invitation from the Lord Admiral to a ball thrown in his honor, requesting that he bring his "darkside beauty," Khrissalla. Kenton asks if the messenger also brought the note that was found earlier at the gates when they returned from the Deep Sand. Ais recognizes it as a letter for her from Sharezan and tells Kenton it is none of the Diem's business.
:'''Khriss'''
:''Day 59—Lonzare''
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