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"Where does he go after he gets across? There's
nothing but cliff and rock!"
Tanis shook his head. "Nowhere," he whispered. He
turned away from the lake and saw Raistlin standing above
him, looking into the rainbow dance of the falls' mist. The
young mage smiled, his light eyes eager and sharp.
"Raistlin, can you help him?"
The mage nodded slowly, thoughtfully, his eyes still on
the jeweled mist and the last shafts of sunlight. "I think I
can. He has a mountain climber's skill, our little friend, and
it is a good thing he does: he's going to need it."
Stone bit sharply into Keli's hands. Stalled and frozen
in the middle of the narrow rock span, he dared not look
down, could not look back.
Across the arch Tigo crouched, a lean and hungry
predator waiting for his prey to realize that it was trapped,
caught. There was no need for him to venture on the bridge,
no need to pursue farther. At last he would have his
murderous revenge!
Across the bridge, his back to the spray-soaked wall,
Tas shouted, "Keli! Come on!"
"I - I can't - I can't - " Keli could not move, it was all he
could do to speak.
"You have to! You can't stay there! Pretend you're a
spider! Spiders don't ever fall! Come on! It'll be fun!"
Fun! Keli swallowed dryly and tried hard to be a
spider, wishing all the while he were a bird instead
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