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them was fated to be the next oracle, and one day, after Akos and his siblings are sent home from school, they are ambushed by the soldiers, who kill their father and take the two boys. They discover that Eijeh is the next oracle and Akos possesses the revelatory tongue. During capture, Akos discovers his currentgift, the ability to interrupt, or stop, the current, which he uses to escape his restrain and kill one of the soldiers. However, he and his brother fail to escape and are brought to Ryzek.
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Ryzek releases the true story of how his mother died to the public, causing them to hate Cyra even more. He strips her of her title in a ritual called nemhalzak, where one's social status is lowered to the bottom of society, making it so that anyone can challenge them to a fight to the death. Cyra is
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