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"Of course," Dor agreed reassuringly. "We all honor Mare
Imbrium."

"The otherЧseemed to be a dragon. On a pedestal."

Dor squeezed her hand. He could be very comforting when
he tried. "And that frightened you?"

"No, not exactly. Not the statues. They were just stone."

The Zombie Master's thin lips quirked. "Perhaps the Gorgon
is involved."

"I don't think so," Irene said. "But between themЧ"

She paused, having difficulty formulating what she had seen.
"The Void?" Dor suggested helpfully. "Mare Imbri fell into it,
and it remains a dangerЧ"

"Not the Void. But something just as terrible. I don't know
what."

Dor shrugged, not understanding. But now Amolde stepped
in, applying his fine centaur intellect to the problem. "Why
would possible peril to two statues frighten you?"

"It wasn't to the statues," Irene said. "Or from them. They
were just markers, I think."

"So there is a specific localeЧif we can but fathom it,"
Amolde said. "Not here at Castle Zombie?"

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"Not here," Irene agreed. "Not anywhere I know of. But
definitely a place of danger."

"Is there peril to any of us here?" the centaur asked, shifting
to a new line of investigation.

"I don't think so. Not directly."

"To whom, then?"

"I'm not sure," Irene said, feeling her face clouding up.

"I suspect you do know," Amolde persisted. "If not peril
to us, or to yourself, perhaps to someone you loveЧ"