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тАЬI do. ItтАЩs the same metal as this silver dagger I carry.тАЭ

тАЬSo it is, and both were made by a dwarf, too, many a long year ago.тАЭ

тАЬI know the man who made the dagger, and dwarven he is, but this ring is elven.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs not, for all that it has elven writing inside it. ItтАЩs the work of the Mountain Folk, and not a fit thing
for an important man of the People like you, Rhodry Maelwaedd.тАЭ

тАЬHere! No oneтАЩs called me by that name for years and years.тАЭ

She laughed, revealing teeth that seemed oddly sharp and shiny in the flickering light.

тАЬI know many a name, I know all your names, truly, Rhodry, Rhodry, Rhodry.тАЭ She held out her hand.
тАЬGive me that ring.тАЭ

тАЬI will not! And who are you, anyway?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll tell you everything if you give me that ring.тАЭ She smiled, her mouth suddenly soft with a thousand
promises. тАЬIтАЩll do more than tell a tale, truly, for that ring you wear. Give me a kiss, Rhodry Maelwaedd,
wonтАЩt you now?тАЭ

Rhodry stood up.

тАЬI wonтАЩt, my thanks. Many a year ago now a dangerous thing happened to me for being too free with
my kisses, and IтАЩll not make the same mistake twice.тАЭ

In cold fury she crouched, staring up at him while he wondered if he were daft for treating one so
beautiful so coldly.

тАЬRhodry! Where are you?тАЭ It was CalonderielтАЩs voice, calling out in Elvish with a drunken lilt, coming
from a long distance over the music. тАЬHere, harpers! Have you seen Rhodry?тАЭ

She flung her head back and howled like a wolf, then as suddenly as one of the Wildfolk she was gone,
simply gone, vanished without so much as a puff of dust or a stirring of the torch flame. From right behind
him Rhodry heard Calonderiel swear. He spun round.
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тАЬThere you are!тАЭ Calonderiel was half laughing, half afraid. тАЬBy the Dark Sun, IтАЩve drunk myself
half-blind! I didnтАЩt see you, and here you were so close by that I nearly tripped over youl MustтАЩve drunk
too much, thatтАЩs what it is.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩve never known you to pass on a skin of mead untasted, no.тАЭ Rhodry realized that he was cold-sick
and shaking. тАЬUh, did you see that woman who was here just now?тАЭ

тАЬWoman? No, I didnтАЩt even see you, much less some female. Who was she?тАЭ