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"Yeah, yeah, this is all very fascinating," Janco said, "but ould Owen even be in Ixia? The Coreedy His best play is to lie low in Sitia"

"Owen claiive hi, cocky tone he’d used And now that I thought about it "Makes sense for him to want to reach the Com it in his favor"

"Or he can just use his evil led his fingers

That wasn’t quite hoorked, but Janco had a good point I o, and they’re on foot," he said

If they wished to keep a low profile, they would avoid riding horses In Ixia, only generals and top-ranking advisers rode horses Merchants used theons, but everyone else walked

"If we leave noe can easily catch up," I said, gesturing to Kiki and the others grazing nearby

"Yeah, but can we stop them?" Janco rubbed his ear A queasy expression creased his face "Leif’s not here to ic"

"We have Curare, darts and blowpipes As long as they don’t suspect we’re close, we can incapacitate them," Valek said

"Can we find them?" Onora asked

Janco huffed in annoyance "Of course we can track them That won’t be a problem If they cover their tracks with illusions, Valek and I can sniff out their ic, and I can follow them if they don’t No, the real proble"

Everyone turned to ical powers Back when Owen had coercedhim search for the Ice Moon in the MD-3place on the ceiling

"Owen can’t, but I’icians don’t reveal all their powers They like to keep one or two hidden fro, Yelena," Janco said

"Owen’s been one step ahead of us the entire time," Onora said

"That’s what happens when he has a six-day head start," Janco snapped

She pressed her lips together and shot hilare Onora wasn’t the type to state the obvious, so I sensed there was ued while stealing food and under a cloak of illusion That’s just stupid Owen’s reement "You think he wanted the boy to see them?"