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in a rare flight of fancy as he glanced at the seemingly endless

rows of books and scrolls that were part of the Chronicles of

Astinus and detailed the history of this world, the history of

Krynn.

"It's like being sucked into time," he thought, sighing as he

glanced at the still, silent rows. He wished, briefly, that he were

being sucked away somewhere, so that he did not have to face

the difficult task ahead of him.
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"All the knowledge of the world is in these books," he said to

himself wistfully. "And I've never found one thing to help make

the intrusion upon their author any easier."

Bertrem came to a halt outside the door to summon his cour-

age. His flowing Aesthetic's robes settled themselves about

him, falling into correct and orderly folds. His stomach, how-

ever, refused to follow the robes' example and lurched about

wildly. Bertrem ran his hand across his scalp, a nervous gesture

left over from a younger age, before his chosen profession had

cost him his hair.

What was bothering him? he wondered bleakly - other than

going in to see the Master, of course, something he had not

done since... since... He shuddered. Yes, since the young

mage had nearly died upon their doorstep during the last war.

War... change, that was what it was. Like his robes, the