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‘What was that one built for, dear Veltan?’ Ara asked ‘It doesn’t seem to fit in with the others’

‘She moves very fast,’ Veltan said proudly ‘I use her when I want to go so bolt’s supposed to do?’

‘My pet’s fast, but she’s very noisy Sometimes quiet is more important than fast’

There were four men on the sloop One of them seemed quite small, another was medium-sized, and the last tere fairly tall and were dressed in leather clothes

‘The little one’s that Maag nao,’ Veltan said ‘The young fellow’s a Trogite soldier nabow and Red-Beard, archers froo asked

Veltan nodded ‘Very good hunters,’ he said ‘Red-Beard’s not quite as good as Longbow, but then, nobody’s as good as Longbow is As far as I know, he’s never o’

Oo s a hunter It o, but Longbow isn’t just an ordinary hunter His ith the creatures of the Wasteland started a long tio He hates them, and he kills every one he sees Technically, I suppose he’s working for my sister Zelana, but he doesn’t take orders very well Eleria’s about the only one he really listens to, and he’ll even jerk her up short every now and then’

‘Doesn’t that ry?’ Ara asked

‘Not really Zelana knows that he’s loyal and that he’s doing his best to help her, but he does things his oay’ Veltan shrugged

‘It’s the results that really matter The o asked

‘He’s traveling with Zelana and Eleria on the Seagull - that’s the ship of Sorgan Hook-Beak, the cos,’ Veltan replied ‘Someday I suppose I’ll take hiht be a little young for that right now’

‘Much too young,’ Ara said firmly

The small ship Veltan had called a ‘sloop’ came ashore somewhat in advance of the rest of the fleet, and Veltan introduced Oo and Ara to theyou about, O his hand on Rabbit’s shoulder ‘If you tell him what you need, I’m sure he’ll be able to hao replied, looking at the little man Veltan called Rabbit ‘Veltan ca, ‘and he told aveabout when he used the word " about it, and it seemed topole, it ainst the creatures of the Wasteland’