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II. Guardian Angel
Loz was the guardian. He was the biggest, and the strongest, and even the fastest, sometimes. His brothers meant more to him than anything else in the world, so he protected them and did as they told him.
It made it hard to let go and let them do what they needed to do without him. When the three of them were separated, all he could think about was bringing them back together again. It hurt to be apart. When they were not together, he could not shield them or help them.
They were supposed to meet in the seashell-city at sundown. Kadaj called to say that the storm had grouded him at the coast, but there was no word from Yazoo. For hours after sunset, Loz fretted and paced, until he finally curled and cried and tried to rest.
Yazoo found him after midnight, still too worried to sleep, and lay with him and shared warmth and smiled and mocked and reassured. He rested his chin on folded arms over Loz's chest and shook the rain from his wings until they shone silver, rather than pewter, in the clouded moonlight. He settled his wings over them both like a blanket, shielding them.
And Loz knew that the greatest dream of the protector is to be protected.
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