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. Keli was free before he could
worry that Tas would sever a wrist rather than a thong.
"There. Now do mine."
Keli worked carefully, his fingers still numb, his hands
aching with the sudden rush of blood in veins. Soon the
kender, too, was free.
"Now," Tas whispered, "follow me!"
With one glance backward, swift and silent as a hare on
the run, Keli followed the kender. They made distance,
angled sharply north and then abruptly west to the stony
shore of the lake. When Tas skidded to a halt on the rocks,
Keli nearly toppled into him.
"Tas! I don't think - " Keli swallowed his doubt. Tigo
had discovered his captives' escape and his cry echoed
along the shore. In an instant, the goblin and the thief were
in furious pursuit.
"Keli, make straight for the falls, then cut to the north
when you begin to feel the force of the cascade. Slip in
behind the wall of water. I'll be waiting for you."
Tas's dive was a whirl of arms and legs. He hit the water
hard and whipped his hair out of his eyes. "Come on!"
The inside of Keli's mouth was like sand. He shot a
terrified glance over his shoulder and another at the lake
and its thundering falls. He knew with certainty that if Tigo
caught him now he'd rip the heart out of him with that
grapnel hand
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