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He looked at me in some astonishment and said, тАЬWhat doyou suggest?тАЭ

For a moment I was surprised he had left the decision to me, yet I didnтАЩt dwell on my reaction too
long. Instead, I considered what we might do to help the girl.

She was an Arkonide woman, that I had easily determinedтАФand she must have been beautiful before
the Zagors had mistreated her so.

I recalled to mind what I knew concerning the Zagors. They were fairly primitive and only had crude
weapons such as swords and spears. Initially they had lived in the jungle regions of Gortavor, but they
had moved into the Spider Desert along with the treasure hunters and busied themselves here with
robbery and plundering. Their total source of livelihood was the booty they won from their pillaging
forays. No caravan or expedition was safe from them.

If they took prisoners it was only to sacrifice them to the silver strands of the web, in which they
seemed to perceive their deity. The ritual involved was crude and horrifying. First they pursued the victim
until its resistance was broken, after which they exposed it to the deadly forces of the net.

I shuddered to think that we had barely escaped this fate, ourselves. It had been none other than the
Zagors who had planted damaging scrap in the sand dune in an attempt to disable the rover. If they had
succeeded in stopping us, by now we would have been bleached mummies.

It was such a fate that now threatened the girl if we didnтАЩt manage to set her free.

тАЬHow long will it be before they sacrifice her?тАЭ I asked.

тАЬThe girl is at the end of her strength?тАЭ said Fratulon. тАЬUnder normal circumstances theyтАЩd have taken
her to the surface long before this, but I presume they are waiting for the storm to die down.тАЭ

I nodded in agreement, having had the same idea. тАЬThen that may give us enough time to work out my
plan.тАЭ

тАЬWhat do you have in mind?тАЭ inquired Fratulon.

I did not give him an answer. It was gratifying for a change to turn the tables on him and leave him in
the dark as to my intentions. Instead, I asked: тАЬThat secret door you pulled me throughтАФdoes it also
work in the other direction? Do you think Ice Claw could go back into the passage I came through?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt see why not?тАЭ answered Fratulon as he furrowed his brow thoughtfully. тАЬHe had to reach
through it to get you. But it isnтАЩt a secret door exactly, itтАЩs more like a matter projection, acting like a
curtain that holds back both light and sound.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs good enough for me?тАЭ I interrupted, and turned to the chretkor. тАЬI want you to go back into
that passage and drive as many Ooths into it as you can find. Take both flashlights with you. With those
you can drive them before you like cattle. Do you think you can do it?тАЭ

тАЬThereтАЩs a pleasant climate in Zagooth?тАЭ replied Ice Claw. тАЬDown here I feel at my best.тАЭ So saying,
he disappeared through the apparently impenetrable wall.