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Balduur was greatly iun,' To is like a crossbow?'

'Yes But it fires bolts of light'

Balduur shook his head in disbelief

'I heard erousbut never like this'

'She's not a irl in a dolphin suit They have them in my old realm'

Tom watched as the dolphins nosed the boat towards theun She clearly wanted theet into the boat It wasn't the reception he had expected A show of force was being used to intihed it in his hand

'I' anywhere with that sea bitch'

'Don't try anything clever,' To The rock left his hand and a bolt froun vaporised it in ly and sprayed the water with searing bolts of light that threw up vast clouds of steam

'I've come to rescue you!'

Tom wasn't iirls who claienuine Others were phoney This one looked as if she was part of an underwater circus act

'I've come to take you to safety'

That was an old trick and he wasn't falling for it Experience had told hi you were usually planning the exact opposite He ondering what to do next when Balduur grabbed his arli the dolphins and had second thoughts about the girl's claihly likely He watched as her gun flashed and bloodied orcas rocketed into the air Others floated to the surface

The girl see the better of theun fell in one direction and she fell in the other Before she could retrieve the gun the orcas were upon her To

He had seen orcas do it to seals before eating them They tossed her back and forth and would have beaten her to pulp if a big wave hadn't rolled in and washed her onto the rocks He dashed in and picked her up Her dolphin suit was ripped to shreds and the top fell apart She looked very much like a mermaid now and very shapely