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A few paces more, and then she asked me, "What is your plan?"
"If you're right, we attack immediately. Perhaps we should try to take
out Jurt first-all of us, I mean-if he's become that high-powered, that
dangerous."
She licked her lips.
"I'm probably best equipped to deal with him, because of my connection
with the Fount," she said then. "Better you don't get in my way. I'd rather
see you dealing with Mask while I'm about it. It might be better to keep
Mandor in reserve, to lend his aid to whichever of us might need it. "
"I'll go along with your judgment," I said. "Mandor, did you hear all
that?"
"Yes," he replied softly. "I'll do as she says."
Then, "What happens if I destroy the Fount itself?" he asked Jasra.
"I don't believe it can be done," she answered.
He snorted, and I could see the dangerous lines along which his
thoughts were running.
"Humor me and suppose," he said.
She was silent for a time, then, "If you were able to shut it down;
even for a little while," she offered, "the citadel would probably fall.
I've been using its emanations to help hold this place up. It's old, and I
never got around to buttressing it where it needs it. The amount of energy
required to attack the Fount successfully, though, would be much better
invested elsewhere."
"Thanks," he said.
She halted, extending a hand into one of the lines of force and closing
her eyes as if she were taking a pulse
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