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Sheweak Little specks flashed before her eyes The landscape beca Lord, she prayed, please don't let the

A cool breeze touched her cheeks and neck So metallic touched her lips and she sed tepid water She forced her eyes open to find Bordeaux's face above her She was draped across his lap so that his body shaded her froht her breath quickly She was going to get hiasped "Go on I'll catch up"

He chuckled softly "We're alet to the Lava fields I know a place where we can hole up for the night"

He helped her up and she tried to stand, but her legs felt like rubber "I don't think I can go any further"

"Sure you can"

She shook her head, theon a dizzy spell "Go on withoutyou, so you o on" He supported her for a few feeble steps and then lifted her into his arms

"Chauncey, you can't carry me in this heat"

"Then walk"

She wanted to hit him Didn't he kno tired she was? He carried her about a hundred yards and then set her on her feet, slapping her backside with a sting that brought tears to her eyes She caught her breath and swung at hihed shortly "Now put that energy into walking"

"You ain

Soed to take a few steps, and then a few s felt like posts, but she drug one foot in front of another until the ground under her feet seeround felt solid She glanced around at the rock outcroppings They were out of the sand Her groggy er leave a trail like a slug From now on they could practice evasion tactics - and in the next hour she discovered Bordeaux knew a slew of theht her in his ar around her started to spin and then went black