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. "It's
taken me half an hour to climb this cliff. How did you do
it so fast?"
"I didn't," the kender shrugged. "I went around.
There's a perfectly good by-path just over there. Easy
climbing, for anybody who'd take the trouble to find it. I
brought your sword and your pack, too. They're over
there on that rock. Do you want to camp here for the
night, or do you want to scale the next cliff? If you want
to do that, I've found another by-path so I can meet you
up there."
Chane shook his head. "What is that awful noise? It
sounds like somebody in pain."
"Oh, that's just Zap." The kender looked around, then
shrugged again, remembering that Zap wasn't really
anywhere to be seen. "It's his latest talent, wailing like a
stricken soul. He's been doing it for quite a while now."
"I know. I've heard him most of the way up. Can you
get him to hush?"
"I don't know how. I don't even know what he's wail-
ing about. Maybe he misses the valley or the frozen
dwarf place. That's where I found him, originally."
"Well, I wish you'd shut him up. He gets on my
nerves."
Chess turned. "Zap! Shut up!"
The eerie, voiceless wailing faltered, then began again
with new enthusiasm - only now it added occasional
sobs to its repertoire.
"That's even worse," the dwarf growled
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