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Dragonlance -- Margaret Weis And Tracy Hickman (Eds.) - Tales I, Vol. I - The Magic Of Krynn
Atec Март 01 2008 15:05:33
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. We have
been invited here. The trees let us pass without harm. The voices
you heard only whisper to you the fears in your own heart. It's
magic-"
"Magic! You listen, Palin," Tanin interrupted in what Sturm
always referred to as his Elder Brother voice. "Why don't you just
drop all this magic business? You're hurting Father and Mother-
Father most of all. You saw his face when we rode up to this
place! The gods know what it must have cost him to come back
here."
Flushing, Palin turned away, biting his lip.
"Oh, lay off the kid, will you, Tanin?" Sturm said, seeing the
pain on his younger brother's face. Wiping ale from his pants, he
somewhat shamefacedly began trying to put the table back
together-a hopeless task considering most of it was in splinters.
"You had the makings of a good swordsman once, little brother,"
Tanin said persuasively, ignoring Sturm and putting his hand on
Palin's shoulder. "C'mon, kid. Tell whoever's out there"-Tanin
waved his hand somewhat vaguely-"that you've changed your
mind. We can leave this cursed place, then, and go home-"
"We have no idea why they asked us to come here," Palin
retorted, shaking off his brother's hand. "It probably has nothing to
do with me! Why should it?" he asked bitterly. "I'm still a student,
it will be years before I am ready to take my Test. . . thanks to
Father and Mother," he muttered beneath his breath. Tanin did not
hear it, but the unseen observer did
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