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тАШAutumn isnтАЩt too bad,тАЩ Dahlaine replied. тАШThereтАЩs a warm stream of water out in Mother Sea that
modifies the autumn weather, but it sort of veers off at the end of autumn, and things get very cold.
Blizzards go on for weeks at a time, and the spring thaw comes much later there than in the rest of the
Land of Dhrall. Summers are fairly nice, but every now and then we get spells of bad weather. Huge
storms build up in the sea to the east of my Domain, and they come screaming in to hit the coast of
Atazakan.тАЩ He smiled faintly. тАШHoly - or crazy - Azakan always tries to order those storms to go away,
but they never seem to listen for some reason.тАЩ

тАШStorms donтАЩt ever seem to listen, big brother,тАЩ Zelana said. тАШWhen Mother Sea gets grouchy, itтАЩs time to
take cover.тАЩ

тАШFortunately we should be near the end of what the people of Matakan call тАЬthe whirlwind seasonтАЭ.тАЩ

тАШMy people call those storms тАЬcyclonesтАЭ,тАЩ Veltan noted, тАШprobably because of the way they spin around.тАЩ

тАШWe donтАЩt see those very often in my part of the Land of Dhrall,тАЩ Zelana said.

тАШYouтАЩre lucky then,тАЩ Dahlaine replied. тАШThose spinning windstorms tend to rip things all to pieces.
TheyтАЩre fairly common in Matakan, because that region doesnтАЩt have very many mountainous ridges to
disrupt them. The Matans usually take shelter underground.тАЩ

тАШCaves?тАЩ Longbow asked.

тАШNot exactly. The Matans dig deep cellars with thick roofs, and when they see a whirlwind coming, they
all go underground to sit it out.тАЩ

Rabbit came up from the beach at that point. тАШThe CapтАЩn told me to tell you that the SeagullтАЩs ready to
go whenever you say itтАЩs all right,тАЩ the clever little iron-smith advised.

тАШTell him that weтАЩll be along in just a few minutes,тАЩ Dahlaine said. Then he looked at his brother and
sister. тАШWe could probably go on ahead,тАЩ he told them, тАШbut it might be better if we stayed with the
Maags. TheyтАЩll want directions, and we can give them information theyтАЩll probably need before long
while weтАЩre sailing on up to my Domain. ItтАЩs going to take quite a while to get there - even on those fast
Maag longships - so we might as well use that time to our advantage.тАЩ

тАШCould you have a word with Narasan?тАЩ Longbow asked Veltan as they walked on down to the beach. тАШI
think we might want to have Keselo with us in the north country. He spent a great deal of his time
studying when he was younger, and he carries a lot of information in his head that we might need in
DahlaineтАЩs Domain.тАЩ Longbow smiled slightly. тАШRabbit and I came to realize that if we named
something, Keselo had probably studied it.тАЩ

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тАШHe is quite learned,тАЩ Veltan agreed. тАШIтАЩll have a talk with Narasan before I join Gunda and Ekial in that
little yawl. IтАЩm fairly sure that Narasan will agree. IтАЩm sure you noticed that NarasanтАЩs going off to the