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He had never really thought about Thume at all!


Perhaps he could only keep it in mind now because he was inside a shielded building. Obviously the defenses were enormously powerful, and
perhaps even selectively aimed at sorcerers. Remembering the amount of power he had needed to renew the inattention spell on tiny Krasnegar, he
was appalled at what would be required to cover a land as large as Thume.


No inattention spell would endure a thousand years without renewal!


Shandie was still relating how he had gone to Wold Hall and consulted the preflecting pool. Rap had heard most of the story from Ionfeu and
Eigaze: Lord Umpily had seen a dwarf sitting on the Opal Throne itself, Acopulo had seen Sagom, which was why the imperor was here now;
young Ylo ...


Young Ylo was starting to sweat again, his face locked in a meaningless smile. Obviously Signifer Ylo knew some curious secrets, although this
might be the same one that had upset him earlier. Young Ylo had seen a vision of a beautiful woman. Impress Eshiala was clenching mental teeth,
also ... Oh? Who would ever be a sorcerer?


They were both young. She was a beautiful princess, he was a handsome hero-there was only one secret they might share. Rap sighed and put the
matter out of his mind. He couldn't solve all the problems of the world, and he certainly was not going to pry into this one with Shandie present.


The imperor had ended his tale. "So I think I saw your son," he added. "I feel that I should apologize, somehow, but of course it was by no choice of
mine. "


"You did see Gath," Rap admitted, "and he saw you! It may even have been the same night, but it doesn't matter whether it was or not. He had a
brief vision of a soldier; we didn't realize it was you until about a month ago, or I would have come sooner. I fear I should have come a year ago,
for I was warned then that the end of the millennium was brewing trouble. "




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"Warned by whom?" Sagorn demanded, white eyebrows perking up like a dog's ears.


"A God." Rap spoke offhandedly, just to annoy him. "I'm not sure which God They were-one doesn't think to shoot questions when Gods appear. I
thought that the end of the millennium was awhile off, but I seem to have interpreted the date too literally. A year or two either way ... When did the
War of the Five Warlocks begin?"


"Around 2000. " Acopulo was not certain, though, and he had left himself open to another thrust from the old jotunn. "The Festival of Healing,