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Allain's flashlight lit the scene The powerful beam shone on their faces then flicked out over the water Liala saw a ripple on the far side of the chamber followed by a head It showed itself briefly then slipped back under the water Monised Oona The young dolphin had becoreeted Liala with an explosion of clicking sounds and Liala replied with the high-pitched squeaks that ie She pointed to Bryn and told Oona that he was her special friend Then she pointed to Allain and said he was a good friend too

They talked for a while Liala told Oona about bad trolls and good people Oona told Liala about bad trolls and how they had killed soe in the sanctuary pool in one of the villages Liala guessed that Oona was talking about the sanctuary pool in Bryn's village and the dolphins had died when it was hit by the air boot across with sounds Anything coes

The two men watched in amazement as she squeaked at Oona and the dolphin replied with clicks and hoots If they thought a lot was being said they rong Liala leant over and told Oona that she wanted her to trans dolphin placed her head under the water and responded with a burst of clicks These would be heard by other dolphins and they would pass them on as part of dolphin chatter Crispin would receive the ies on his tablet and know she was safe

The difficult bit caes required words and thatwriting materials and it was time to use them

Liala selected a piece of white chalk and a black card Her first ht and the next was about Bryn's sister She wrote in big letters Allain and Bryn watched When she had finished, Allain sent soes of his own He wanted Crispin to send si a radio Liala watched as he wrote instruction on the board in big bold letters

The palace and everyone in it seemed far away She had spent her entire life as a prisoner of the guardians Now she was free and fighting back A day had passed since Bryn rescued her from the island Liala could scarcely believe that so much had happened in such a short a time