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. He dropped the raised arm back into his lap. "You
don't believe me, do you? If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't be-
lieve me, either."
"That's the most sensible admission I've heard yet," mut-
tered Ruberik.
But Basalt shot up in the chair and extended his right
hand. "But I've got the ring! You saw me teleport here - '
where else would I get something like this? And once I'd got
it, why would I come back here just to tell lies? I could go
anywhere I want, anywhere at all! Instead, I came back here
to warn everyone. Doesn't that count for anything?"
Ruberik rose to his feet and straightened his jacket before
addressing his nephew. "When you started this tale, you
said you'd go see Uncle Tybalt, whether I believed you or
no. Are you ready to go?"
Bertina looked sadly at her brother-in-law. "Would you
really turn in my son?" she asked.
"I would if I thought he was lying. But obviously, he's not.
Come on, lad. We've some tough persuading ahead of us if
we're going to wake up this town."
* * * * *
"We have encountered a new problem," said Pitrick softly
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