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“I meant it wouldn’t be proper for ation”

He turned away fro a pass”

Why did A that crossed their minds?

“You’re not afraid, are you?” he asked

“Of course not”

“Then have dinner with rity will be safe with me”

She kneas daring her, and the only thing she could think of was to call his bluff “All right I’ll have dinner with you”

She knew a lot about human nature, but she couldn’t read his look except that it wasn’t the nervousness she’d hoped for

“You said you wanted to be gone for only an hour,” he reminded her

She suddenly felt an overwhelround “If you’d told me the story of Da Yu when I first asked, it would already be over”

Quon gave in at last He turned back to look out into the gorge and lifted a hand to take in the sweep of the river “There was a tions to sculpt China’s hills and valleys and chase away the waters He worked so hard that the hair fell from his shins”

“That’s it?”

“The short form”

“There are no such thing as dragons”

“Then what about dragon bones?”