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They found themselves crowded together on a flight of
narrow, winding stairs that spiraled upward. Walls
surrounded them on all sides; they could see nothing save
the stairs vanishing into darkness.
"You realize," said Palin suddenly, "that the door will - "
Whirling around, he shone the light of the staff on a blank
wall.
"Disappear," finished Tanin grimly.
"There goes our way out!" Shuddering, Sturm looked
around. "These stairs could change! Any moment, we could
be encased in solid rock!"
"Keep moving!" ordered Tanin urgently.
Running up the steep stairs as fast as they could,
expecting to find themselves walking on anything from hot
coals to a swinging bridge, they climbed up and up until, at
last, the stout dwarf could go no farther.
"I've got to rest, lads," Dougan said, panting, leaning
against a stone wall that was, unaccountably, remaining a
stone wall.
"Nothing inside seems to be changing," Palin gasped,
weary himself from the unaccustomed exercise. He looked
with envy at his brothers. Their bronze-skinned, muscular
bodies gleamed in the staff's light. Neither was even
breathing hard.
"Palin, shine the light up here!" Sturm ordered, peering
ahead.
His legs aching so that he thought he could never move
them again, Palin forced himself to take another step,
shining the staff's light around a comer of the stairwell
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