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"Be sure you get it right," Aunt Pol advised quietly "If you forget even the tiniest part of it, it'll explode in your face"

The man in the boat froze, and a faintly worried frown crossed his face The secret wind that had been pushing at Garion stopped Thein the air and his face fixed with concentration

"You do it like this, Grolihtly, and Garion felt a sudden rush as if the wind pushing at hiun to blow the other way The Groli into the bottoiven a heavy push, the boat surged backward several yards

The Grolim half raised, his eyes wide and his face deathly pale

"Return to your ly "Tell hi your lessons properly"

The Grolim spoke quickly to the Nyissans at the oars, and they immediately turned the boat and rowed back toward the slave ship

"We had a nice little fight brewing there, Polgara," Barak complained "Why did you have to spoil it?"

"Grow up," she ordered bluntly Then she turned on Garion, her eyes blazing and the white lock at her brow like a streak of fire "You idiot! You refuse any kind of instruction, and then you burst out like a raging bull Have you the slightest conception of what an uproar translocation causes? You've alerted every Groli," Garion protested, gesturing helplessly at the slave lying on the wharf "I had to do so"

"He was dead as soon as he hit the water," she said flatly "Look at him"

The slave had stiffened into an arched posture of ape He was obviously dead

"What happened to hi suddenly sick

"The leeches are poisonous Their bites paralyze their victims so that they can feed on them undisturbed The bites stopped his heart You exposed us to the Grolims for the sake of a dead man"

"He wasn't dead when I did it!" Garion shouted at her "He was screarier than he had ever been in his life

"He was beyond help" Her voice was cold, even brutal

"What kind of monster are you?" he asked fros? You'd have just let him die, wouldn't you?"

"I don't think this is the tiht now, Aunt Pol You're not even huo that you can't even remember where you lost it You're four thousand years old Our whole lives go by while you blink your eyes We're just an entertainment for you - an hour's diversion You manipulate us like puppets for your own a manipulated You and I are finished!"