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Chuckling, the pair of theon and set to work

"Won’t the dwarf notice?" Firedrake asked the ho carefully repacked the backpack with Gravelbeard’s things "He’ll notice when he applies it to the very first scale So he’ll add et the scales shiny Which is just ant, right?"

Firedrake nodded thoughtfully

"Let’s hope it still works with so ed his shoulder "We have to try"

"Yes," said Firedrake "We o as soon as the brownies have finished so that he can get right back to his leg, shaking his head fir at once We’ll allow him to escape, that’s the way"

"Escape?" asked Sorrel, horrified She and Burr-Burr-Chan had finished their work

"One good helping of brownie gob!" laughed the Dubidai, placing the bottle in Twigleg’s thin fingers The homunculus carefully put it back where it had co the backpack "We’ll even show hione crazy!" groaned Sorrel "I kneould It was only a question of time"

"Let him finish, Sorrel," said Firedrake

"We have to lure Nettlebrand up here!" said Twigleg "Or do you want hih the water when he realizes that his ar the ravens with hion-fire But once he’s in this cavern, he can’t escape except down the tunnel, and we can bar his way"

"You’re right," muttered Sorrel

"It still won’t work," said Maia "You’ve forgotten the moon We can’t fly inside the cave"

"You can’t fly outside it, either!" Twigleg pointed out "We told you about the ravens They’ll cover the moon the way they did back then over the sea, and you’d be helpless to do anything but fall into Nettlebrand’s jaws"

"Twigleg is right," Firedrake told Maia "We must lure him in here And we can fly in the cave I have a little on looked at him doubtfully, but finally she nodded "Very well, we’ll lure him here But surely he’ll destroy the whole place?" She looked around her

"Oh, you ton’t let it come to that!" cried Lola "Now, let the ho to do with the dwarf"