Temple 28

Chapter 28
Nadine grab Richard's hand and leads him along, and they encounter Kahlan, Cara, and the Aryan Boys. Nadine glares at Kahlan, Kahlan eyes the hand-holding, Richard yanks his hand free, Nadine grabs it again. It's all very grade school. Richard and Kahlan catch each other up on what happened (the murderer has already been killed/Mardovia insists on remaining neutral).
Richard ponders sending Rei to conquer Mardovia before the Order can, but Kahlan says not to. Nadine glares at Kahlan, saying that she's heartless and doesn't care about the lives of innocent people, which is pretty much accurate. Cara pulls out her +5 Riding Crop of Pain, apparently ready to brutally assault Nadine for daring to contradict Kahlan, but Richard waves her off.
Nadine leads Richard to Yorick, the wee little boy from eariler, who is in tears because his brother is far worse. Nadine, correctly if rudely, points out that Yorick came to see Richard earlier but Kahlan sent him away. She says that Kahlan "doesn't know what it's like to be poor and sick," which . . . yeah, that's actually true.
Richard says that Drefan can help, and for Yorick to lead them to his brother, and Nadine and Kahlan insist on coming along as well. We cut to the whole crowd of them parading through the slums, and another mention of Richard's war wizard's outfit. \~/
They reach Yorick's house, and finally get to his brother Kip. After a rather unpleasant description, Drefan says that Kip has the plague; he's already in an advanced stage and has no hope of recovery. Drefan tells the Dominatrices to get Richard out immediately. Richard, being Richard, insists on staying, and Kip dies at a dramatically appropriate moment.
But suddenly! The dead Kip's hand reaches out a grabs Richard's shirt! None of his bodyguards react to this in the slightest! Richard leans closer to the undead plague victim clawing at his shirt \~/ so Dead Kip can get in a dramatic post-mortem one-liner.
He tells Richard "the winds hunt you," and the chapter ends.
. . . so what was the purpose of that? Who did it? Was it some outside force possessing Kip's body, or did some random kid from Aydindril's slums know about the prophecy? The latter seems unlikely, so who was it? Jagang? Satan? Darken Rahl? The Temple itself? Why did this happen? Why give Richard a warning by repeating what he already knows? Was it just for cheap drama?
It was for cheap drama, wasn't it? \~/
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