Canticle of Air

"How do you know all that?" "Duncan told me." "The previous Warden-Commander, yes? You knew him?" "You could say so." They fall silent. Nathaniel keeps glancing at her hands, but finally asks. "What happened to your palm?" "I got burned," she answers cryptically. Yes, she thinks, I got burned, but now I carry the fire within me. ['Canticle of Fire' sequel.]