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=== Chapter 23 ===
Sarene, accompanied by Eondel, Shuden and a squad of city guards, are lead by Raoden, who names himself as Spirit, to meet with who she thinks are the tyrants of Elantris. Karata and Mareshe, posing as Aanden, state they have an alliance and have killed Shaor, and now control Elantris. Sarene parlays with them to be allowed to distribute food to the Elantrians without interference from them, and they give a list of demands, including cloth, grains, oil and raw building materials, and both parties agree to each other's demands.
Raoden tells Galladon that they should keep their budding society a secret so that new fears of an Elantrian threat don't arise in Kae. Raoden decides to keep an eye on Sarene, since he suspects that she has other motives, besides charity, for entering Elantris.
Sarene discusses how brutal Elantris is, based on information from Ashe, though they see little sign of uncivilized behavior during the parlay or afterwards. Sarene and the nobles unload food from wagons, assisted by Spirit. A crowd of Elantrians approaches, but does not take any food until Spirit demonstrates that it is safe for them to do so. Sarene intuits that Spirit is really one of the leaders and is curious why he conceals this fact.
Sarene tells Ashe about her suspicions regarding Spirit, and tells her seon to spy on him, since their intelligence may be out of date, and to also inquire about the alleged treaty between Aanden and Karata. Sarene ponders the discrepancies between what Ashe witnessed and what she saw, and about whether Spirit's apparent concern for the welfare of the Elantrians was genuine, and why he seemed concerned with Sarene's opinion of him. Sarene also grows preoccupied with thoughts of Spirit and almost grows to like him.
=== Chapter 24 ===
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