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Show XXXIII "On the other hand, dragons are full real, and reside in the spots marked with an X on the map. Keep ye clear of these places, on thy life." from Hints to Traveling Managers, File 3, screen 4 In the equipment shed, Phrapp walked stiffly to Dr'Anya's side and knelt down beside the girl, Janni. He reached out one large hand and touched the woman's head hesitantly. "My lady?" he whispered. The woman's face was deathly white and her breathing was yet shallow and irregular. He turned his one open eye-dull and hooded-on Janni. Then the girl began to weep helplessly, sobs tearing from her throat, her head hidden in her hands. "We had even now become friends. . .equals," she whispered brokenly. "We were planning t r i p s . . . t h e two of us together, at last." "Nay;" said Phrapp stupidly. "Nay, this cannot b e . . . - " He shook his head like a wounded EarthAngus bull and pulled his sore arm against his side with his other hand. "Then shall I have no one to live f o r . . . ?" Behind them, Brandon sat down on a pile of saddles next to three water barrels, and across from the hearth fire, at a loss at this turn of events, and Nell whirred softly back and forth, her Servos grinding, for her mistress could give her no instructions. The sounds of battle outside increased the whilst, and the shed shook with the thudding of horses' hooves and warrior feet. Screams carried across the field, metal clashed. But only Brandon seemed aware of all this noise...and of the danger it 292 |
