He gave Gray a brief pat on the shoulder. But heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and when he is maimed while rescuing a prince, Brute’s life changes abruptly. No one, including Brute, expects him to be more than a laborer. He is seven and a half feet of ugly, and of disreputable descent. People probably think you’ve been ill lately.” Which gave Aric an idea, actually, one he filed away for later. Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace. “And you look fine.”Īric realized that Gray had probably been a little vain once upon a time, as beautiful boys are wont to be. “They can hardly see you past me,” Aric answered honestly. D-d-do I look horrible? Are people g-gaping?” They wouldn’t have seen how tense the blind man’s body was, how often he was wracked with fine but uncontrollable trembling.Īric pitched his voice very low. If the passersby noticed how closely Gray was pressing against Aric, they doubtless thought it was only the natural hesitancy of a man who couldn’t see. A nice listen but not my favorite Kim Fielding 3.5 stars Good, light contemporary story about an aimless man finding purpose as a housekeeper for a newly out divorcee. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:īut then people always stared at him, even when an eyeless man wasn’t hanging onto his left elbow. Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace.
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