“But I wasn’t called,” Karigan said. “Are you so sure?” The captain smiled. “The valling to become a rider comes in a variety of ways. Perhaps you are right about iT being the situation: F’ryan’s dying, you being right there.” She shrugged. “Their qualities are peculiar. They seem to attract strange adventures and extraordinary people to the wearer. Some belive iT is just the nature of the job, of being a king’s Messenger, yet others believe iT is the magic.”