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"That would put it somewhere in Zelana’s Domain," Veltan mused

"Isn’t that where Balacenia lives?"

Veltan almost choked at that point "Where did you hear the name Balacenia, Yaltar?" he asked

Yaltar frowned "I’m not really sure, uncle It just seems to me that I know someone named Balacenia, and she lives in the western Do back over and over again"

"That’s altogether possible, I suppose" Veltan glossed over Yaltar’s use of a name he could not possibly have heard about "Did anybody in your dreaht possibly have given you sos’ once, and others said soh,’ but I don’t think those words had anything to do with rivers or h, sos about ‘Lattash’ I think that one ht be a place because of the way they talked about it If somebody says, ‘I just ca about a place, doesn’t he?"

"It sounds reasonable to ive you any kind of idea about what time of year it was?"

"Well, sort of, round, so that sort of rules out winter, doesn’t it? It wouldn’t et much snow in the winter, but the snow really builds up in thethat time of year, I’ve heard"

"That it does, Yaltar Were you ever able to get any idea of why the people in your drea very clear, uncle So west across theto stop theentle smile "Dreams aren’t supposed to make sense, dear boy If they made sense, they wouldn’t be fun, would they?"

"I’ veryback, uncle It’s awful!"

"Try not to think about it, Yaltar If you ignore it,brother I hate to have to keep leaving you alone like this, but there’s a sort of faht now Hopefully, we’ll be able to put it behind us before long, and things should return to noro before you leave, uncle? He seems to think it’s fairly important, and he even said that he wouldn’t mind if you woke him up to hear what he has to say"

"Now that’s very unusual Once Ooes to sleep, not even a thunderstor else you think I should know before I leave?"