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I've never seen a storm like this one come up so suddenly or
so early. But it's here, and tonight it will be so cold that we
will not survive without a fire."
"I know! That's why - "
"No. Let me finish. I need you to stay here with Flint.
It's going to be a dangerous trip out for wood. The tracks
we made only a short while ago are gone. I'll barely be able
to find the landmarks I need to get back to the pines. I have
to know that you'll both be here if we need you."
"But, Tanis, you'll NEED me to help with the wood-
gathering."
The offer, Tanis knew, was sincere . . . for the moment.
But as clearly as he might see through a stream to the
sparkling sand below, that clearly did he see the
mischievous kender-logic dancing in Tas's brown eyes. Tas
had no fear of the killing cold, the battering winds. The
prospect of the journey back to the pines held only joyous
anticipation and a chance to satisfy some of that
unquenchable curiosity that had brought the kender to the
crumbling edge of many a catastrophe before now.
Well, I'm afraid! he thought. And it won't hurt for Tas to
know why if it keeps him here.
"Tas, the best way to make certain we don't survive this
night is to scatter, all four of us, all over this mountain
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