Warbreaker, page 459 by Brandon Sanderson
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without Breath, he said. But that is not an argument for us to flee.
"You mean the stories of Returned needing Breath to live are lies?" Siri asked incredulously.
Not at all, he wrote quickly. We do need Breath-but you forget that I hold the wealth off Breath passed down for generations in my family. I heard my priests speak of this once. If it were necessary to move me, I could survive based on the extra Breaths I hold. Those over and above the Breath that makes me Returned. My body would simply feed off of those, absorbing one a week.
Siri sat back thoughtfully. That seemed to imply something about Breath that she couldn't quite figure out. Unfortunately, she just didn't have the experience to sort through it.
"All right," she said. "So we could go into hiding if we needed to."
I said this was not an argument for fleeing, Susebron wrote. My treasure of Breaths might keep me alive, but it would also make me a very precious target. Everyone will want those Breaths-even if I weren't the God King, I would be in danger.
That was very true. Siri nodded. "All right," she said. "No fleeing; that means exposing your captivity to the other gods. If we're really going to try this, I think we should do it soon. If I display any signs of being pregnant, I bet it will take the priests all of two heartbeats to sequester me away."
Susebron nodded. There will be a general meeting of the court in a couple of days. I have heard my priests say that this will be an important meeting-it is rare that the gods are all called together to vote. That meeting will decided wither or not we march on Idris.
Siri nodded nervously. "I'll sit with Lightsong," she said, "and plead for his help. If we go to several of the other Gods, perhaps they-in front of the crowds-can demand to know whether or not I am lying."
And I will open my mouth and reveal that I have no tongue, he wrote. Then let us see what