Page 52 (1/2)

"Uh-oh" My voice cauess I fell down"

He raised his eyebrows "Most of you did Your feet and legs are as stiff as stone"

I sighed "Thanks for keeping " I looked at his face Fusspot actually shohisker stubble, when he’d shaved every day There were black circles under his eyes "You should create a spell so your whiskers come off in water Think howit to people Even ladies would want it, so they’d never have to get their bodies plucked again"

"Shaving--or plucking--is the last thing on my mind," Myrrhtide said drily "Will you tell me as on yours? You nearly drowned I couldn’t carry you out You felt like you weighed several tons"

"Oh Right" I released the ics that settled ht so the shake wouldn’t knock me down It never dawned on me I’d need to be stiff all over"

"Why didn’t you wade to the bank and do whatever you had to?" asked Myrrhtide

I blinked at hiic heat I felt like a real village fool "I didn’t think of it I just wanted to lock down that scree up beside the road, quick, before the next treotten to dry land first Probably he would have, too "Then the exercise is valuable, if you learned from it Now, if you’ll excuse es--"

He never finished Miles off, in the direction of Moharrin, we heard so explode Myrrhtide and I raced up the riverbank to the road Everyone was nervous and unable to see a thing We had co of tall hills that surrounded the lake The cliffs along the road helped to block our view of Mount Grace

There was only one thing to do All of the climbers started up a solid stone cliff just a little ways back I outdistanced everyone, fast Well, they weren’t stone ot to the top, I had a clear sight of the mountain She towered over the forest that surrounded the lake

High on Mount Grace’s eastern side, a thick pluray s

Do not panic, I told myself I couldn’t have said it aloud if I had wanted to My one sticky dry Panic is bad I reached for that plu myself, A volcano spirit couldn’t have escaped without you knowing, Evu the news!