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Sam blinked at the silver-foil scroll that was handed hiures danced

"It is the land grant to all of the territory from the silver mountains to the blue hills, from the dead salt sea there to the distant valleys of moonstone and emerald," said the Leader

"M-mine?" said Sam, incredulous

"Yours"

"One hundred thousand miles of territory?"

"Yours"

"Did you hear that, Elma?"

Elainst the alu stand, eyes shut

"But hy are you givingto look into the metal slots of the eyes

"That is not all Here" Six other scrolls were produced The names were declared, the territories announced

"Why, that's half of Mars! I own half of Mars!" Sam rattled the scrolls in his fists He shook the "Elma, did you hear?"

"I heard," said El at the sky

She see a little more alert now

"Thank you, oh, thank you," said Sam to the bronze mask

"Tonight is the night," said the mask "You must be ready"