“Give her time,” said Lidor.

    Soon her right eyelid flickered, the eye into which the droplet had presumably been placed. Speckarin watched attentively, reining in any excitement but allowing himself hope, and imagining the four voyagers’ reunion. Some had gone their separate ways, but they would soon be back together.

    Hut turned to him, a twinkle in his eye. “Someday, when this is all over, I might ask Talli to help me find someone just like her. She owes me, you know. She fell and I fetched barwood sap to save her.”

    “It hasn’t saved her yet,” said the magician. “But you must never trifle with her about something not her fault, occurr...

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