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"Let me see it"

"In a"Will you stop that? Go tell the sailors where we're going"

"Where are we going, father?" Aunt Pol asked hios Ctuchik aiting for hi to be able to cut hiets to Rak Cthol with it?"

"I doubt it Anye have to go to the Vale first"

"The Vale? Father, you're notany sense"

"Our Master's summoned us, Pol He wants us at the Vale, so that's where we're going"

"What about the Orb?"

"Ctuchik's got it, and I knohere to find Ctuchik He isn't going anyplace For right noe're going to the Vale"

"All right, father," she concurred placatingly "Don't excite yourself" She looked at hierously

"No, I haven't been fighting" He sounded disgusted

"What happened, then?"

"A tree fell on me"

"What?"

"You heard me"

Silk exploded into fresh howls ofconfession From the stern of the ship where Greldik and Barak stood at the tiller, the slow beat of the dru in with their oars The ship slid through the oily water, hter trailing behind in the ash-laden air