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think that being тАЬchief would be unbearably tedious, take a long, hard look at being тАЬgodтАЭ. Just like you,
I didnтАЩt want any part of that, so I ran away. I spent thousands of years in my pink grotto composing
music, writing poetry, and playing with my pink dolphins. Then my big brother brought Eleria to me,
and my whole world changed.тАЩ

тАШYou love her, though, donтАЩt you?тАЩ

Zelana sighed. тАШMore than anything in the whole world. ThatтАЩs what Dahlaine had in mind when he
foisted the Dreamers on us in the first place. In a certain sense, it was very cruel, but it was necessary.тАЩ

тАШWell, IтАЩm not really all that necessary where the tribeтАЩs concerned. They can find somebody else to sit
around being important.тАЩ Then a thought came to Red-Beard, and he suddenly burst out laughing.

тАШWhatтАЩs so funny?тАЩ

тАШI know whoтАЩd make the best chief the tribeтАЩs ever had,тАЩ he replied.

тАШThe tribe might not like it very much - at least the men wouldnтАЩt - but Planter really should be the chief.тАЩ

Zelana smiled. тАШShe already is, Red-Beard. She doesnтАЩt need the title. The tribe does what she wants
done, and thatтАЩs what really counts, wouldnтАЩt you say?тАЩ

тАШNot out loud, I wouldnтАЩt,тАЩ Red-Beard replied.

The wind was coming out of the east when Sorgan Hook-BeakтАЩs fleet of longships rounded the first
peninsula jutting out from the south coast of VeltanтАЩs Domain, and when that wind caught the sails, they
billowed out with a booming sound. It seemed to Red-Beard that the longships almost flew toward the


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west. He had a few suspicions about that. Zelana and her family frequently spoke of тАШtampering,тАЩ and a
wind coming from the east was very unusual. West winds and south winds were fairly common at this
time of the year, but east and north? Not too likely.

The Seagull rounded the third and last peninsula on the south coast of VeltanтАЩs Domain a few days later,
and then the Maag fleet turned north. The weather seemed to have a faint smell of early autumn now,
and Red-Beard began to feel that seasonal urge to go hunting. Autumn had always been the time to lay
in a good supply of food to get the tribe through the coming winter.

He was standing near the slender bow of the Seagull with ZelanaтАЩs older brother about midmorning one
day when Sorgan Hook-Beak came forward to join them. тАШI got to thinking last night that it might be a
good idea for me and my men to know a bit about the people of your Domain, Lord Dahlaine,тАЩ he said.
тАШMy cousin Skell discovered that itтАЩs not a good idea to turn Maags loose on the natives of this part of
the world when they havenтАЩt got the faintest idea of what the local customs are.тАЩ

тАШYou could be right about that, Captain,тАЩ Dahlaine agreed. тАШI suppose a little conference in your cabin
might be in order along about now. There are few peculiarities in my Domain that you should all know
about.тАЩ