"I was unaware that my desires had changed," Rier told them, after they had liberated him from control by Porvus. He was tall, sandy haired, and cheerful-looking, and even Jamie thought him a perfect match for Seeri. "I recall being suddenly possessed of a need to act, and to follow the designs that Porvus and Urvan had laid out for me." He turned to Seeri then, and tightened his arm around her. "But it seemed completely natural to me, as if I had been born with that mission." His face fell. "I