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"Let’s find out," Longbow agreed, drawing his bow

"Aren’t you going to tell hi?"

"I can see it well enough where it is," Longbow replied, loosing his iron-tipped arrow

The long, slender bow sang, and the arrow arched up and over the sandy beach Then it began its descent

The clabow’s arrow smashed it out of Ha his hand "You al it too tight," Longbow called "Should we break up s went an’s fleet hammered out arrowheads by the score, and the Dhralls of Lattash brought bundles of slender shafts Soon there were dozens of arrows stacked in neat piles near the front of Zelana’s cave Rabbit felt a real sense of accomplishment as the sun settled slowly in the west

The work proceeded rapidly for the next several days, and then the weather turned sour again, with rain along the coast and more snow up in the mountains Rabbit had to suspend operations while the Dhralls of Lattash erected well-roofed sheds over the anvils and forges to keep the rain fro for three days, and the sheds were still under construction when Eleria came out of the cave and walked down to where Rabbit was sourly looking up at theto have to put up with all this rain, baby sister?" he asked her

"As long as the Beloved thinks we need it, Bunny," she replied "I need a hug," she said then, holding her arms out to him "Everybody’s so busy that they don’t have time for me anymore"

Rabbit embraced her, and she kissed him soundly "That’s better," she said with a sunny ss about the rain, Bunny It’s rain here, but it’s snow up there in theAre you busy right now? The Beloved wants you to go fetch Hook-Big There’s soet hireed, and he turned and went on down the rain-swept beach to find so it over

Red-Beard wasn’t doing reed to paddle Rabbit out to the Seagull

Sorgan was in his cabin, sourly looking out at the disiest place in the whole world," he growled as Rabbit joined him

"It’s that time of year, Cap’n," Rabbit reminded him "Lady Zelana wants you tohio ask her, Cap’n, but I don’t think you’d like her answer very hed and pulled on his heavy fur cape Rabbit s careful not to let it show His position on board the Seagull had noticeably changed over the past feeeks Captain Hook-Beak, Ox, and Hanored him or treated hibow’s assistant that night back in Kweta had rather quickly changed everybody’s opinion of him

Rabbit was of two o, but he was certain that he’d no longer be able to slip back into his previous anonymity Whether he liked it or not, he did have a certain prominence now