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тАЬI just need a word with Salamander,тАЭ she said. тАЬNot that itтАЩs possible to have but a single word.тАЭ

At the jab he winced, but he scrambled up and followed her out to the courtyard where they could talk
privately. Jill perched on the edge of a tiled fountain and glared at him.

тАЬI wanted to travel quietly.тАЭ

тАЬUm, well, yes. I do remember you mentioning something of the sort. But weтАЩll be safer with a large
group.тАЭ

тАЬI wasnтАЩt aware we were in any danger.тАЭ

Salamander sighed and sat down next to her.

тАЬLetтАЩs have the truth.тАЭ Jill changed into Deverrian to doubly insure privacy. тАЬYouтАЩre doing this to have a
chance at the lass, arenтАЩt you?тАЭ

тАЬBit more to it than that!тАЭ
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She raised one eyebrow.

тАЬJill, they needed my aid! The leader of their band had spent all their coin on the white smoke, and there
they were, stranded far from home in a town where theyтАЩd never earn another copper.тАЭ

тАЬYour heartтАЩs big enough to embrace the world and your tongue to cover it, too. I still say itтАЩs the lass
who inspired this outburst of compassion.тАЭ

тАЬImph, well.тАЭ He held up his hand and flicked drops from his fingertips. тАЬWell. Imph.тАЭ Then he looked
up with one of his sunny grins. тАЬBut since you want to talk with that bookseller in Inderat Noa again,
weтАЩve got to go back toMainIslandanyway, and travel across its less-than-glorious reaches, so they
might as well travel with us.тАЭ

тАЬOh, I suppose so! And the lass will doubtless be better off with you to look after her than she would be
on her own.тАЭ

Salamander grabbed her hand and kissed it.

тАЬMy humble thanks, O Princess of Powers Perilous!тАЭ

Jill snatched her hand away and stood up, shaking her head more at herself for indulging him than him for
wanting to be indulged. Later, though, when she heard MarkaтАЩs story of traveling with her addicted father
and his jealous young wife, she decided that sheтАЩd done the right thing. The child was better off with
them. Certainly the members of the troupe agreed. Late that evening, after the muttering innkeep had
found them all rooms and served a grudged dinner, Jill was walking out in the cooler air of the courtyard
when Keeta joined her, carrying a pierced tin candle-lantern.