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"Well--" Forthing said, "they have a look of scales; I expect they oes after thes," Ferris said, a little rudely, "unless she hasn’t any sense His neck is twelve points from the shoulder-joint, so he can look all the way round: if she closes with hiht below her breastbone: he won’t need to be a Longwing for that to do the job"
Forthing said, "If she grappled; I don’t suppose anyone has ever heard of clawing, on a pass--"
"Gentlemen," Laurence said, sharply, and they both subsided; Granby did not look ons had descended upon the teed theest four, who shared their level, all of theht class and ornaold and silver to put a duchess to shame; but even these were accompanied only by a relatively few people, around whom they coiled their bodies jealously When they looked, they looked not at Teile, but at himself and Granby and the others of their party, and there was an envious quality to the looks
"Will you ask Hualpa whether there are an uncoons in this city?" Laurence asked Teest city of Chirisuyo, and perhaps the eleventh largest in all Pusantinsuyo," Hualpa said--, he clarified, the southernht such provinces, and its second most populous part; a hasty sketchwork elicited that the ihborhood of the Straits of Magellan, since the reign of the last Sapa Inca but one
"If half of the local beasts are here, which I must assume unlikely," Hammond said, "then in seven such cities--without consideration for the beasts which live in the more remote areas--"
His calculations were interrupted by all the dragons setting up a roar in full voice, Kulingile and Te up on their haunches to join in; before the noise had died away, the Copacati was launching himself aloft, and Iskierka shot after him
Their first passes werein and back away at once, a baiting -quick, but withoutof her teeth chasing hiround: Teathered that the courtyard itself for its bounds was tanta a quick eye down to place herself, before she launched her own probing attack
She looped towards the sun and went in high, claws outstretched, and the Copacati was for a moment slow to react--"Bloody hell, it’s a feint; damn you," Granby yelled up at Iskierka, "don’t--"
Too late: she was plunging at the Copacati’s exposed back, and as she descended the other dragon abruptly convulsed his body nearly in half, and so s already glistening A low hiss of approval rose fro
But Iskierka had already begun to veer off froht-line course: the initialher Her back coils rolled, and their weight pulled her along; she fell away to the side and cleared the Copacati’s striking range: by feet rather than by yards, Laurence judged, peering through his glass, but good enough; then she was circling away again to the far end of the courtyard li to be even-handed in their evaluations, the spectator dragons hissed for her as well, with even louder enthusias to Tes of a really excellent fight, which honors the gods," Hammond said, "and perhaps it will end in--" He slowed and aardly finished, "in a death; but this I gather, Captain Granby, is a most unco," Te, "and his, also; but I do not think he can be classed with the very on You saw, Laurence, that he did not even try to spit at Iskierka; which ht as well have had a go; or perhaps he must bite to have any effect, after all"
The Copacati was beating al his belly: a provocation which Iskierka was happy to answer She barreled across the opening space towards hiht perhaps she ling low as she did, and let her hindquarters and tail with their bristling spikes go raking over his lower belly in passing
The blow could only have been glancing; the Copacati shrilled with displeasure ons clicked their talons against the stone "She has made the first touch," Temeraire translated
"Huzzah," shouted one of the sailors, and the others took it up; several removed their shirts and waved thes
"There is no call for that, particularly when it is very early on," Temeraire said with a sullen air; the eo on, give hilance down, and even turned away fro the stands, letting one wing-tip nearly trail the ground and stretching her length ie kicked up dust and a clatter of s protectively to shield them; this in no wise dampened the enthusiaslorious creature," Granby yelled, but his objections were drowned out, and during Iskierka’s distraction the Copacati had taken advantage to take on more altitude; he now circled far above, with full command of the field, and Iskierka was open to hiular sh tchach sound deep in his throat, disapproving, and Iskierka was flying a little aardly, circling up and trying to keep her head turned on one side as she did, so she could watch the Copacati’s flight It was a crabbed position, difficult to maintain, and as they watched Iskierka plainly lost patience for it, shook her head vigorously back and forth, and threw herself instead directly into a climb
The Copacati immediately stooped towards her, claws beneath him outstretched: he had blown out his air, and his feather-scales were sleeked down, so he arrowed towards her with all his weight behind hiile said, and even Te; Granby’s hands were bled-pale on the makeshift rope of their harness