You have to tell the Master of Tides!" Maati blinked. Cehmai's face had gone red and he was pointing back toward the physician's apartments. The boy was outraged. "If we do that," Maati said, "we spoil all the advantage. It can't get out that-" "Are you blind? Gods! It is him. All the time it's been him. This as much as proves it! Otah Machi came here to slaughter his family. To slaughter you. He has hackers who could free him from the tower, and he has done everything that he's been accused of. Buying time? He's buying safety! Once everyone thinks him dead, they'll stop looking. He'll be free. You have to tell them the truth!" "Otah didn't kill his father. Or his brothers. It's someone else." Cehmai was breathing hard and fast as a runner at the race's end, but his voice was lower now, more controlled. "How do you know that?" he asked. "I know Otah-kvo. I know what he would do, and-" "Is he innocent because he's innocent, or because you love him?" Cehmai demanded.
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