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. He's
promised to hold the truce until we give him some sort of official answer.
Julian says he has the impression that Dalt would settle for either one of
them."
"I don't want to give him Jasra either."
"Neither do I. What I do want very badly is to know what is going on.
There would be small point in releasing Jasra and asking her, since this is
a recent development. I want to know whether you have means of getting in
touch with Rinaldo. I want to talk to him."
"Well, uh . . . yes," I said. "I have a Trump for him."
"Use it."
I got it out. I regarded it. I moved my mind into that special area of
alertness and calling. The picture changed came alive. . . .
It was twilight, and Luke stood near a campfire. H had on his green
outfit, a light brown cloak about his shoulders clasped with that Phoenix
pin.
"Merle," he said. "I can move the troops pretty fast.. When do you want
to hit the place and-"
"Put it on hold," I interrupted. "This is something different. "
"What?"
"Dalt's at the gates; and Vialle wants to talk to you before we take
him apart."
"Dalt? There? Amber?"
"Yes, yes, and yes. He says he'll go and play someplace else if we give
him the two things he wants most in the world: you and your mother."
"That's crazy."
"Yeah. We think so, too. Will you talk to the queen about it?"
"Sure
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