your fire, and the place you need to reach

"Just go." Callis says. "I can basically hear you arguing with yourself."
"They said I can't."
"You'll be pissed off at yourself if you don't."
"You're not listening, they said--"
"Who gives a shit what a bunch of spindly quacks said?" Callis props herself up on her elbow. "Don't you think he'll be upset if we all leave without saying goodbye? If we all ditch him and leave him with no one except Beatrix, Dot and the few guards who didn't turn out to be spineless traitors?"
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a cut BURN chapter which was originally supposed to go in-between chapter 20 and the epilogue.