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you. Now look again so that I can help you.Ф
CrayТs lips made a firm line. УItТs nonsense, Feldar.Ф
УHumor me, my dear friend. Can it hurt you?Ф With a grunt, Cray turned back to
the child.
After a time, Sepwin set his other hand on top of CrayТs head. УLook at the
background. Tell me what you see there.Ф
Cray squinted. УIТd say it was a very cloudy sky, except that thereТs an object
hung on it. So it must be just a poorly whitewashed wall.Ф
УWhat sort of object?Ф
УA lozenge-shaped plaque.Ф
УA coat of arms!Ф Sepwin cried eagerly. УShe might be a servant in some great
house!Ф
УIТve never seen a coat of arms like this before. It seems to be of glass inlaid
with copper ribbons. The field is quartered, and the quarters are all faintly
blue in color, alternating darker and lighter, with no two quite the same. The
bands repeat the lozenge shape concentrically five times.Ф
УSome great houses have been known to set their arms in stained glass,Ф said
Sepwin, Уbut I donТt recнognize this pattern.Ф
УNor do I.Ф
УCan you see anything else? Is there a carpet under her feet? Any special
decorations about her clothing?Ф
Cray shook his head. УThereТs just a plainly dressed child and a plaque. Nothing
more.Ф
УLook closely, Cray. Oh, if only I could see her myself!Ф
Cray studied the image for a long moment, and then he said, УThere is one more
thing, though I donТt know how it could help you. SheТs holding some sort of
stuffed animal half behind her back, but itТs so gray and shapeless that I canТt
tell what kind it might be.Ф He looked to Sepwin. УWell?Ф
Slowly, the Seer lowered his hands. УI canТt feel her at all.Ф He sighed
heavily. УShe might as well be nowhere.Ф
Cray reached out to grasp his arm. УIf one of your skill canТt find her ...
perhaps she is nowhere. First the mirror was blank, and now ... perhaps itТs
playing a joke on me.Ф
УNo. The mirror tells only the truth.Ф
УBut not enough of it.Ф
SepwinТs shoulders slumped. УNo. Not in this case.Ф
Cray clapped him on the back. УNo matter, Feldar,Ф he said firmly. УWhat could I
possibly say to a six-year-old child? And what could she say to me? No, it
doesnТt matter at all.Ф And he turned his friend away from the Mirror of HeartТs
Desire.
That night, over dinner, Sepwin asked the lady Heнlaine to look into her dark
pool for Cray, but she refused. УFor all my age, Feldar, for all these white
hairs, I cannot read Cray half as well as you can. If you could not find her, I
shall not be able to. But I will tell you thisЧФ She touched his wrist lightly.
УI can read you very well, my dear, and I know that you will be involved in the
quest for this child.Ф
УQuest?Ф exclaimed Cray. УThere isnТt going to be any quest.Ф
УYes, there will be. But not until the time is right.Ф
УAnd when will that be?Ф demanded Sepwin.
УYou will know.Ф