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The rain stopped and the sky cleared Tom sat in the boat and surveyed the coastline He knehere he was The essential features were the same as in his former realm He had left Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel and was heading south towards Hartland Point in Cornwall

At least, that's what they were called in the Sixth Realhth Real was totally different Lundy Island was a bird sanctuary and Hartland Point was set in a desolate landscape in the Sixth Real but desolate

Huge buildings dwarfed the natural features They stuck up from the sea and lined the top of the cliff Only a rich and advanced civilisation could have created such an is were looking up He was still wet and cold but no longerwarlord and a pack of seals for coer bothered hiiven their reputation as ferocious ood reason to feel apprehensive when they put in a sudden appearance It was only natural to be concerned by their huge mouths and razor-sharp teeth They could have tipped up the boat in an instant and made short work of hiirl fell over He had been distracted by her physical appearance and had failed to notice when they yanked on the tow ropes and dragged the boat away fro it was too late

Being towed out to sea by a pack of killer whales orrying but not nearly as worrying as their habit of rising up on their tails and peering into the boat They took it in turns to stare at hi in the botto as possible

That hadn't been necessary The orcas were ry and he revised his opinion of theirl around as if she was a seal being tenderised before eating On second thoughts, the way she butchered their coun wasn't very nice either It was understandable that theylady ca character She said she had coe told a very different story The way she gesticulated with the gun, telling hi than friendly And her tale about being a princess had a hollow ring Princesses didn't dress up as mermaids and ride around on the backs of dolphins And they didn't slice up uns Royal protocol required theenteel lives