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"You've lost me," I said. "What are you proposing?"
"Nothing yet. I'm just sounding you out."
"Fair enough. But offhand, I can't see a situation such as you describe
arising. More valuable to us free than a prisoner. . . . I guess we'd go
where the value lies: But these are just words."
"Just trying to plant a seed or two while I work on it. What is your
greatest concern right now?"
"Me? Personally? You really want to know?"
"You bet."
"Okay. My mad brother Jurt has apparently allied himself with the
sorcerer Mask back at the Keep. The two of them are out to get me. Jurt made
an attempt just this afternoon, but I can see it's really a challenge from
Mask. I'm going to take them on soon."
"Hey, I didn't know you had a brother!"
"Half brother. I have a couple of others, too. But I can get along with
them. Jurt's been after me for a long time."
"That's really something. You never mentioned them."
"We never talked family. Remember?"
"Yeah. But you've got me puzzled now. Who's this Mask? I seem to
remember your mentioning him before. It's really Sharu Garrul, isn't it?"
I shook my head.
"When I brought your mother out of the citadel she left the company of
a similarly stricken old guy with RINALDO carved on his leg. I was trading
spells with Mask at the time."
"Most strange," Luke said
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