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тАЬYou did,тАЭ Jak answered.
Cale had no idea what Jak was talking about. He looked
to Magadon, whose face showed similar confusion.
тАЬSomething else? тАЭ Cale asked Magadon. тАЬAnother
contingency?тАЭ

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 Magadon shook his head. тАЬPerhaps. We wonтАЩt know
until we know.тАЭ
тАЬTricksterтАЩs hairy toes,тАЭ Jak softly said.
Cale agreed. The idea that something else might have
been placed in his mind but he was ignorant of it. . . .
From far down one of the tunnels, whispers sounded,
hisses. They trailed back to silence. Still, whatever lived
in the Underdark of the Plane of Shadow must have heard
their voices or perhaps seen their light.
All three had blades in hand before they drew their
next breath. Jak pocketed his pipe and licked his lips.
тАЬWe should not stay here overlong,тАЭ the little man said.
Weaveshear leaked shadows; so too did CaleтАЩs ямВesh.
тАЬWe arenтАЩt,тАЭ Cale said. тАЬMags, show me what Riven
sees. We go on my word. We wait for the Sojourner to
show, ямБnd out what we can, then hit him with everything
we have.тАЭ
Magadon nodded, closed his eyes, and concentrated. A
violet halo surrounded his head and he held up his free
hand. Cale took it.
And saw.

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For the hundredth time, Riven rebuked himself for
leaving Cale bleeding but alive. He still did not under-
stand why he had done it. He never left opponents alive. A
simple ямВick of his blade would have opened CaleтАЩs throat
and put an end to the First of the Shadowlord. CaleтАЩs
shade ямВesh could not have regenerated the damage that
Riven could have done.
He could not explain his behavior. When he looked
back, it was as though someone else had been control-
ling him. The events atop the tower were a blur in his
memory.
He pushed the recriminations out of his mind as unpro-
ductive nonsense. He needed to focus on the present. He

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stood on a swordтАЩs edge and he knew it. He had taken a
gamble allying with the slaadi. The creatures were unre-
liable; they might turn on him at any time.
He did not know where the slaadi had brought him.