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‘I need to talk with you, Zelana,’ Longbow sent out his silent, urgent call the following

‘Some new disaster, perhaps?’

‘I don’t really think so I think your brothers should sit in as well, and probably Narasan, too’

‘Is sobow?’

‘I’ht word If I’etting help - from somebody we didn’t even knoas there’

‘That’s very irritating, Longbow Don’t leave things hanging up in the air like that’

‘I’ to sort this out Maybe we should eyser I don’t think ant to spread this around just yet - and we definitely don’t ord of this to get back to the Vlagh’

‘This had better be good, Longbow’

‘If I’ood’

Longboent out of the forest where he usually slept and walked on down to the noisy geyser, trying to sort through his eyser that was the primary source of the River Vash, Zelana and her brothers were already there, along with Rabbit, Keselo, Gunda, Torl, and Narasan

‘What’s this all about, Longbow?’ Rabbit asked

‘Let’s go back just a ways,’ Longbow said ‘Ashad’s drea to be a second invasion of Veltan’s Doh, five church armies showed up on the south coast almost before we reached Veltan’s house’

‘This is all ancient history, Longbow,’ Gunda protested