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. "Raist, what is it? I don't see anything."
The mage stood up, out of the feeder's line of sight. A
moment later he said, stricken, "Tanis . . . the constellations
. . ."
The musical voice said, "What? What about the
constellations?" So that was Tanis, the feeder noted. The
one who had shaken the feeder awake.
"Gone." The mage was racked with coughs, spasm after
spasm shaking the boat slightly. The feeder relaxed; for
whatever reason, the mage had forgotten about it for the
present.
Then Raistlin said shakily, "The constellation known as
the Queen of Darkness and the one called Valiant Warrior.
Both gone. She has come to Krynn, Tanis, and he has come
to fight her. All the evil rumors we have heard are true.
War, death, destruction . . ."
The mage and the others said more, but the feeder did
not hear. "The Queen of Darkness," it thought with
certainty. "The voice I heard. The Lady who ordered me."
Then it thought as certainly, "These are the ones she
bade me kill."
For now, however, there was nothing to be done until
the boat reached shore and the company found shelter. All
but those on watch slept. The feeder nestled patiently in its
thong-bound sheath, dreaming of the blood and of its
children while it waited for release
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