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shelter of a waxwort tarpaulin and munching an austere supper of dried adop
roots and journey bread, she said, "It went well, I think. Your idea of making a
drop-net from tanglefoot was brilliant, Jagun, sparing us a pitched battle with the
swamp-fiends."

The old aborigine's wide, sallow face was masklike and his glowing yellow eyes
darted askance at her. It was clear that he was deeply troubled. Kadiya groaned
inwardly, knowing full well why. She was able to postpone her sister Hara's
reproaches, but not those of her old friend.

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For a long time Jagun did not speak. Kadiya waited, eating although she had lost
her taste for food, while the rain beat about their ears and the boat hissed and
vibrated with the great speed of their passage.

Finally Jagun said, "Farseer, for four years now you have carried on your chosen
work successfully, even though your talisman is no longer bonded to you and no
longer capable of magic. No one save I and your two sisters knows that the
Three-Lobed Burning Eye has lost its power."

"Thus far the secret has remained safe," she said evenly.

"But I fear what might happen if you continue to wield the talisman in your
office of Advocate, as you did tonight. If the truth is discovered, the Folk will be
deeply scandalized. Your honor will be stained and your authority compromised.
Would it not be the greater part of wisdom to do as the White Lady has so often
requested, and consign the Burning Eye to her care until it can be made potent
once again?"

"The talisman is mine," Kadiya declared. "I shall never relinquish it—not even
to Haramis."

"If you simply cease wearing it, no one would dare to question you."

She sighed. "Perhaps you are right. I have thought and prayed hard over the
matter, but the decision is not easy to make. You saw how the Skritek were
terror-smitten by the Eye tonight."

Her hand slipped to the pommel of the dark sword and she grasped the three

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conjoined balls at the end. Those orbs were cold now, that once had been warm.