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She shook her head, scanning the wide span of ground where a low field layer of feather grass and flowering honeysuckle grew No trees had encroached despite the passage of tiht

"Some power has raised this crown recently," she said "See the pattern of growth around theround"

"Who could raise such big blocks of stone without leaving a track of their labor?" asked the scout

Sorcery could raise the crowns, but she could not i so much power After all, how many were left in the world who could even weave the crowns?

Me

And Hugh of Austra

She looked at Thiadbold

He nodded "We’ll march on and hope to find a better spot"

"No," she said, because she did not like to surrender to fear "Easier to rest here and eat that good aurochs My "

He shrugged "If you don’t like it, we’ll e places I know to respect their power"

She setation,free as the scout cut a slit in its belly "If bandits come upon us, we’ll have a better view for our archers if we bide here with the stones as cover What do you think, Captain?"