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. When Tigo opened his mouth to scream, he took in
what Keli thought must be a gallon of icy water.
Again the boy kicked, and once more he was free. He
surfaced, sucking air in huge, greedy gulps and saw Tas
break into the light at the same moment. Behind the kender,
rising like a sea drake from the water, Staag roared and then
flung himself aside and out of the path of a green-fletched
arrow.
"Tas!" Keli waved and pointed back toward shore.
"Down! Duck!"
Tas rose, whooping with glee. "It's all right! That's
Tanis! Our rescuers! Look!"
Two young men, one broad-chested and brawny, the
other slimmer and faster, cut through the water with strong,
distance-eating strokes.
"Caramon and Sturm!" Tas threw his head back,
laughing. "Ready or not, here they come!" He dove and
angled through the water, coming up beside Keli. Staag shot
up behind him, grabbed, and missed by a hand's breadth.
"Tas! They're too far away!"
Tas yanked the boy under the water, ignoring his
sputtering protest. Staag's thick legs thrashed to the right of
them, and Tigo surfaced just behind the goblin.
Tas released Keli, jerked his head to the left, and dove
down and around the goblin and Tigo before either could
get his bearings
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