“Magic said that you needed me?� He was smiling now, but it was a smile like his laugh, not so much humorous as incredulous at the shape of the world. “Don’t get any ideas,� said the dust-wife. “Might turn out that our fate is sealed inside a jar and we need someone to loosen the lid.� His laugh that time had genuine humor in it, which seemed to surprise Fenris as much as it surprised Marra.
