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. Your family is
noble. My father was a shopkeeper in Xak Tsaroth, my
mother a nomad, who roamed the plains. I have nothing to
give. . . ."
"I will marry you, Michael," she said.
"Nikol, think about what I said - "
"Michael," she whispered, laying her hand upon his
lips. "You think about it. Does any of that matter now?"
Perhaps Paladine heard their vows of marriage, spoken
silently in their hearts. Perhaps the god turned aside his
wrath one moment to bless their union, for the manor walls
continued to stand strong and sheltering above them.
When the morning came, a heavy sadness, mingled with
their joy, oppressed them both. Nikol stood before the altar
of Paladine, which now had a crack in it, traced the crack
with her finger. "We will find out why, won't we, Michael,"
she said firmly. "We will find out why this happened. We
will search until we discover the answer. Then you and I
will make it right."
IN A WORLD OF THE FAITHLESS, YOU ARE THE
ONLY ONE WHO IS FAITHFUL. AND, BECAUSE OF
THAT, YOU WILL BE REVILED, RIDICULED,
PERSECUTED. BUT I SEE ONE WHO LOVES YOU,
WHO WILL RISK ALL TO DEFEND YOU.
The words of the black-robed wizard, Raistlin.
"Yes," Michael answered, as he would have answered
yes to anything she asked of him at that moment. "We will
search for the answer."
Part III
A cold and bitter winter closed in on them soon after
the Cataclysm. Their small supply of food dwindled
rapidly. The stream in which Michael fished vanished
during the quakes, swallowed by the ground
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