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"I agree, Mother. But I must go to him myself. If I am unable to do
that much without adult help, how can I ever be chief?"

"She is correct, Godiva," Chex said. "She must rise to her own
challenges, now. They will not allow you to assist her at Goblin
Mountain, and the challenge of reaching the Good Magician is surely less
arduous. She must have practice in the intervening time, little as it
may be."

The gobliness was silent in an appalled way. Centaur logic was
impossible to refute.

"But I think it would be legitimate for her companion to accompany her,"
Chex continued.

"But Che is even younger," Godiva said. "The danger-"

"The winged monsters will protect him as one of their own.

Godiva nodded. "We have seen the manner of that protection.

Gwenny knew it was all right, then. Recently she had been coming to
understand some of the nuances of adult dialogue, which were sometimes
more subtle than children appreciated. The centaur had in effect said
that the winged monsters would take care of Che and his companion, which
was Gwenny herself. Chex herself was a winged monster, and she had been
taking care of both of them all along. Godiva had acknowledged it: she
was complimejiting Chex on it.

So ttiey would allow Gwenny and Che to travel by themselves to see the
Good Magician. If anything really bad threatened, the winged monsters,
all of whom had taken an oath to protect Che, would intervene. That
intervention could be formidable; they had at one time almost destroyed
Goblin Mountain itself when they had thought Che was captive there.

"We'll start tomorrow," Gwenny said. "We can use the magic paths and
Grandam Chem's map." Actually that would be a copy, for Chem Centaur's
maps manifested in air. They were extremely accurate.

So it was decided. Godiva Goblin agreed to stay the night, and in the
morning they would go their separate ways, for the nonce. Godiva had to
keep an eye on things at Goblin Mountain, until the new chief took
office. With luck and management, that chief would be Gwenny.

Che and Jenny Elf arrived back from the field. Gwenny explained about
her need to go to see the Good Magician, and how it was all right for
Che to come along.

"But what about Jenny?" he asked.