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The slave squinted out at the darkness, shivering, but her voice came to him clearly "Can your furies shelter us at all?"

Tavi felt a sickly little rush in his belly Of course they couldn&039;t, as he didn&039;t have any "No"

"Then we&039;ve got to get to shelter That mountain There could be a cave-"

"No!" Tavi blurted "Not that mountain It doesn&039;t like trespassers"

The girl pressed her hand against her head, panting She looked exhausted "Is there a choice?"

Tavi cudgeled his wits to work, to reish as a snow-covered slive There was soht help, if he could just think of what it was "Yes!" he shouted, finally "There&039;s a place It isn&039;t far from here, if I can find it"

"How far?" asked the slave, eyeing the circling wind as her body shook with cold

"A mile Maybe more"

"In the dark? In this?" She shot him an incredulous look "We&039;ll never make it"

"We&039;re not spoiled for choice," Tavi called back, over the wind "It&039;s that or nothing"

"Can you find it?" the girl asked

"I don&039;t know Can you walk that far?"

She looked hard at hi, hazel eyes intent, hard "Yes," she said, "give me some of the salt"

Tavi passed over half of the scant handful of crystals left to hiers over thehtly

"Furies," she said "We&039;ll never get that far"

"Especially if we never get started," Tavi shouted and tugged at her arirl abruptly leapt at him and shouldered him hard to one side Tavi fell with a yelp, startled and confused

He cli, his voice sharp and high "What are you doing?!?"

The slave slowly straightened,on to her wooden club On the ground at her feet lay a dead slive Its head had been neatly crushed

Tavi looked fro the end of her club "You saved ain In the cold and the gale, Tavi saw the slave s her teeth in defiance, even as she shivered "Let&039;s not let it go to waste Get us out of this storm, and we&039;ll be even"

He nodded and peered around Lightning showed hiht line, and Tavi took his bearings fro shape of Garados and started off into the darkness, fervently hoping that he could find the shelter before the wind-e and renewed their attack