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Calla simply stared. A few of the villagers, seeing her expression, chuckled.




Sasha reached out with her free hand, taking Calla's hand in hers. "Calla, where's Orissa? I've come
here today to find her."




The villagers surrounding them suddenly fell quiet, watching. Calla felt her eyes misting with tears - and
a moment later, she had wrapped her arms around Sasha, and was sobbing into her mailed shoulder.
"Oh, Sasha! She's gone! I don't know where she is! She disappeared four years after you did!"




There were murmurs of agreement from the crowd as Sasha handed her lance to Marilith, then hugged
Calla gently. "Calla, it's alright. I'll find her. Do you know what happened?"




"No," Calla sobbed, hugging Sasha for a long moment. Then, she suddenly paused. After a moment,
she leaned back, her eyes blazing. "But I'll bet that old bastard Malik does! He was behind your
disappearance, Sasha! The Palomean raiders took you at his bidding! Orissa knew! She learned it from
Yanar! And she told everyone!"




"I know he was, Calla," Sasha said, her face grim. "I already had a little chat with him about it."




"Hah! If you did, you're the first in years to talk to that old bastard! He's down the beach to the south,
just half a league, but nobody visits him anymore! No one talks to him, no one helps him, and no one's
even spoken to him in ten years!"




"And that's as it should be," Sasha replied grimly.