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Stile smiled. "It is not that. Sire. I have not made a
secret of my status. It is that I must secure my position and
avenge my murder."

"Indubitably."

"I believe it is an enemy Adept I seek. Therefore I must
approach the matter cautiously, and trust myself only to
my most reliable companion. That, of course, is mine oath-
friend Neysa. ThereforeЧ"

"Now I chew on thy gist. A gravid mare would not be fit
for such excursion."

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"Exactly. I therefore seek a postponement of her breed-
ing, until my mission is done."

The Stallion frowned. "She has missed two seasonsЧ"

"Because she was excluded from the herdЧbecause of
her color," Stile said grimly. "Her color has not changed."

"Ah, but her status has! She has connections she lacked
before. The animals of my herd have taken a fancy to her,
and the wolves of the pack we oft have fought no longer
attack, because of her. In all the herds of all the valleys of
Phaze, none save her is steed to an Adept."

"Steed and friend," Stile said. "A friendship well
earned."

"Perhaps. In any event, that makes up for her deficiency
ofЧ"

"Deficiency?" Stile demanded ominously, reaching for
his harmonica. He had intended to keep this civil, but this
was a sore point.

The Stallion considered. They were within the unicorn
circle, but it had not been proven whether that would stop
a newly fashioned spell performed in the heat of the Blue
Adept's ire. No creature insulted an Adept, or anything
dear to an Adept, carelessly. The Stallion retreated half a
step, figuratively. "Shall we say, her color pleases me now,
and what pleases me shall not be cause for comment by
any other unicorn."

"An excellent statement," Stile agreed, putting away his