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‘I wouldn’t e bets, Danal,’ Andar replied ‘As soon as the Vlagh gets word that we aren’t there any ain - and froh al Andar’s speculation, the voice of the Vlagh roared again, and the clu-men turned to advance across the open space between the abandoned breast-work and the now-occupied one

‘Archers to the front!’ Danal cohly skilled native bowmen took their positions, set arrows in place, and drew back their bows

‘Shoot!’ Danal shouted

The arrows fleard in a nearly solid wave, and the ene bug-people plodded forward, clihly skilled native archers sent new arrow-storms out to meet theht touch of fury in it, and the hard-shelled spider creatures came over the now-unmanned breast-works to scamper across the open field littered with the dead

‘Catapults ready!’ Danal bellowed

‘May I?’ Andar asked

‘Be rin

‘Catapults launch!’ Andar barked

The wave of fire rose up from behind the breastworks, arched up and out, and then fell upon the charging ene them in fire

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In a certain sense, Rabbit found the war here in Veltan’s Do than the war in the ravine had been He was ed to admit privately that the unexpected appearance of those five church arbow’s dreareat reluctance on the part of Zelana’s fabow’s firm belief that the church arly become allies in the ith the creatures of the Wasteland That reluctance, it seerown out of a certain resentment Zelana and her fabow’s dreas that were beyond their capabilities That see to need help in this war, and refusing to accept help because Longbow’s dreae the Trogite ar completion, and Padan had pulled his people back into the forest on the west side of the basin to keep theht ‘They don’t need to know that we’re still here,’ Padan declared ‘They’re busy doing exactly ant thebow’s friend Red-Beard, however, thought that it ht be wise to keep an eye on the ‘friendly enemies’ Sometimes Red-Beard’s clever rebow had been anywhere at all close to being correct, ‘friendly eneht just be quite accurate

It was late in the afternoon on a day a week or so after the church Trogites had started building their bridge when Rabbit joined Red-Beard and Sorgan’s cousin Torl in a fairly dense cluouged out of the ress?’ He asked quietly

Torl covered hissome trouble with the question of balance,’ he said

‘Balance?’ Rabbit asked, a bit puzzled