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enough to know that getting people together and establishing friendships was even more important than
eating. There were several peculiarities about Ara that Red-Beard didnтАЩt fully understand - yet.

He was still working on it, though.

Oddly, Veltan and Zelana were accompanying them to the dining-room. Since they didnтАЩt need - or want
- food, they obviously had something else on their minds.

The conversation at the dinner table was fairly general, but after theyтАЩd all eaten - more than they really
needed, of course - Zelana and Veltan took Sorgan and Commander Narasan aside and spoke with them


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at some length.

Red-Beard nudged his friend Longbow after supper. тАШI could be wrong about this, I suppose, but I think
Zelana and Veltan might have come up with a way to make peace in their family, and itтАЩs probably
going to involve Sorgan and Narasan.тАЩ

тАШWhat a peculiar sort of idea,тАЩ Longbow murmured.

тАШYou saw it too, didnтАЩt you?тАЩ

тАШIt was just a bit obvious, friend Red-Beard. I think it might disappoint Holy Aracia a little, though.тАЩ

тАШWhat a shame,тАЩ Red-Beard said with a broad grin.

тАШThatтАЩs a nasty sort of thing to say.тАЩ

тАШSo beat me.тАЩ

When they returned to the map-room, Sorgan Hook-Beak cleared his throat as a sort of indication that he
was about to make a speech. тАШNarasan and I talked this over, and I think we might have come up with a
way to deal with the problem thatтАЩs been nagging at us here lately,тАЩ he announced. тАШSince we canтАЩt be
certain sure exactly where the bug-people will strike next, weтАЩll have to cover both possibilities. Since
Lord DahlaineтАЩs territory is farther away than his sisterтАЩs is, Narasan and I pretty much agreed that I
should cover that part of the Land of Dhrall - not because my men are better warriors, but because our
ships move faster than NarasanтАЩs can. Of course, thatтАЩs why we built them that way. Chasing down
Trogite ships and robbing them is the main business in the Land of Maag, but we can talk about that
some other time. Since my people will cover the north, NarasanтАЩs will cover the east.тАЩ He gestured down
toward VeltanтАЩs тАЬlumpy mapтАЭ. тАШIf that mapтАЩs anywhere at all close to being accurate, itтАЩll only take
NarasanтАЩs fleet a few days to reach Lady AraciaтАЩs territory, and he can protect that region. That means
that weтАЩll have people in place to hold the bug-people back in either the east or the north, and our
employers can zip from here to there in no time at all. If the attack strikes the east, IтАЩll sail on down
around the south end and join up with Narasan in just a couple of weeks. But, if the bug-people come
north, my people will be able to hold them back until Narasan arrives to help me. When we add the
horse soldiers in the north and the women warriors in the east, weтАЩll have enough people to bring any
bug invasion to a stop. Then, when the rest of our friends arrive, weтАЩll be able to stomp all over the