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help her find it? That I will do for her, in return for her help when the child is birthed.тАЭ

тАЬBless you, my love. I would, indeed.тАЭ

тАЬSplendid! You go tell her while I look for the island.тАЭ

тАЬI will, but I think IтАЩll find Elessario first and take her along. She should be right nearby.тАЭ

And so, thanks to the vagaries of Time, it was some weeks in JillтАЩs world before Dallandra appeared to
her again.



In the meanwhile, the troupe of traveling players, with Jill and Salamander tagging along, left Zama
Ma├▒ae behind. The main island of the Orystinnian archipelago is shaped rather like an animal, with the
head pointing due north and the long tail of a peninsula filing some fifty miles off to the south. Once the
troupe reached Arbarat, the city at the tailтАЩs tip, they had a long, slow journey north with their
tumble-down wagons and elderly horses to the next large cjty, Inderat Noa on the western coast of the
animalтАЩs body. Marka was delighted when Salamander insisted that she leave the bumpy wagon and ride
on his horse, which he then led, walking nearby in the sunny road. They stopped often, of course, to
perform in the smaller towns and marketplaces along the way. In every marketplace Salamander bought
something for the troupe, a length of silk for a costume here, or a brand-new set of painted leather clubs
for the acrobats there, out of his own always substantial earnings.

тАЬIt takes coin to earn coin,тАЭ he would say. тАЬAnd between us, Yinto and I are going to make this troupe
the most splendid show in all of Orystinna.тАЭ

Marka would merely smile and think that Salamander could no doubt do anything in the whole world if
he set his mind to it.

With Orima left behind and gone, Marka reclaimed the star turn on the slack rope. It was some
compensation, she supposed, for losing her father, although, as the days went by, she was startled to find
that she missed him very little. While Haniil had never treated her badly, heтАЩd never treated her
particularly well, either. What she did miss was the fact of having a father, a family, a place or connection
in the world, From now on the troupeтАФor some troupe much like itтАФwould be the only family she
would have, just as their troupes were for so many of the wandering performers of the Bardekian islands.
She comforted herself by thinking that at least she had Keeta and Delya, whom sheтАЩd known for six
whole years, practically a lifetime in the fluid world of traveling shows.

And then, of course, there was Salamander, whom she found more than compensation enough. She
would pick out a place at a safe distance to sit and watch him for hours on end, whether he was
performing or practicing or merely standing by the campfire and eating his dinner. Most times she was
afraid to approach him. Once though, when he was working with the silk scarves, he noticed her
watching and called her over.

тАЬWant to learn how to throw these?тАЭ he said.
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