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what we intended to do.тАЭ
тАЬAnd what in the Hells is that?тАЭ Jak exclaimed.
Cale stared at Magadon, not in anger, but in frustra-
tion. He knew Magadon was speaking sense but he felt as
though he were abandoning Varra. He made one last play.
тАЬYouтАЩre sure you have Riven?тАЭ
If Magadon did not have a sensory link on Riven, they
would have no way to locate him. Cale did not know how
he wanted Magadon to answer.
Magadon nodded and replied, тАЬSince the moment I
stepped into the cupola atop the tower. Erevis, if he makes
a play for the Sojourner because he expects our help. . . .тАЭ
Cale sighed and nodded. The guide spoke the truth.
Riven had trusted him. Cale silently prayed to Mask to
protect Varra until he could return to Skullport.
If there still was a Skullport.

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 Fed up, Jak stepped between Magadon and Cale. He
pointed his pipe at Cale, glared, and said, тАЬIтАЩll ask again.
What in the Hells are you two talking about?тАЭ
Cale smiled and said, тАЬSorry, little man.тАЭ He quickly
explained to Jak the plan they had developed on the
Plane of Shadow: Magadon had implanted a latent
mental urging in RivenтАЩs mind to betray them at an
opportune moment and ally himself with the slaadi.
They had hoped that Riven would thereby get close to the
Sojourner, where he would serve as a beacon for the rest
of them. To avoid discovery by the slaadi, who likely could
read minds, Magadon had wiped the scheme from their
memories until the triggering event occurredтАФRivenтАЩs
putative betrayal. RivenтАЩs trigger was different. He would
not remember the plan until he saw the Sojourner.
Jak absorbed the story in wide-eyed silence. Finally, he
said, тАЬHeтАЩs a plant? Burn me! Every time I think I have
that blackheart ямБgured. . . .тАЭ
тАЬYou are not alone in that,тАЭ Magadon said.
Jak popped his pipe in his mouth and looked up at
Cale, his expression mildly hurt. тАЬYou could have trusted
me with it.тАЭ
тАЬI know that, little man,тАЭ Cale answered. тАЬIt wasnтАЩt
trust. I ямБgured the fewer who knew, the better. And I
wanted at least one of us to be outside of it, in case some-
thing went wrong. If we all started to go mad, I wanted
someone who could ямБgure things out and ямБx it.тАЭ
Jak seemed to accept that. He chewed his pipe, thought-
ful, and said, тАЬYou three were talking a long while to come
up with this little scheme. And you said something in a
foreign language, Cale. What about that?тАЭ
тАЬWe did?тАЭ Cale asked.