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"He , but as soon as you caed horse"

"I h Blackveil she had She assumed she had missed him in the future, as well A Rider should never be separated froed on his ear He turned on his haunches and ran off bucking, which got so back to her more than once, as if to make sure she was really there

"I aan said wistfully, as she returned to Mara at the fence

"I enjoyed ht more horses than we requested He said he knee’d need the the unclai in the stable The stable is, by the way, filling up just like the Rider wing"

It gladdened Karigan that the th, but she also wondered if it was the will of higher powers that Sacoridia be prepared for greater conflict

After a while, Mara excused herself to attend to duties Karigan lingered at the pasture watching the horses It was corass beneath the snow Condor periodically returned to her to be scritched, and she stayed until she could no longer feel her toes or the tips of her fingers

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Karigan’s first night in her new rooes of people and places and nighth her , her bed clothes were twisted in knots, and she felt spent, as though she’d been running all night, not sleeping

Shortly after breakfast, a Green Foot runner found her in the co her to attend Captain Mapstone in the records room The records rooan checked that her uniform was neat and proper, and she set off

When she reached the records room, she found it busier than ever Workers appeared to be disasselass doht off and caan," he told her "You were "

Mara had alluded to the disruption at the an wished she could have been there to see it

"They," and Dakrias pointed vaguely in the air, "calht dohen you returned"

"What is with all the scaffolding?" she asked

"A special cleaning of the glass," Dakrias said "Here, let rave"

Karigan alrave The narave" in the future, though she’d forgotten why

She shook hands with the master, distracted by a familiarity about him, his bushy side whiskers and almost wolfish features, while he explained the lass