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have much to discuss and little time for it.тАЭ He glanced at the Capidaran minister and got a nod to
continue. тАЬYou all know that weтАЩre here to discuss the plan to use the etheric world-gates to liberate the
Rienish sorcerers trapped by the Gardier in the city of Lodun. If youтАЩve studied the notes at all, you
realize there is some protection against materializing inside solid objects written into the gate spells, but
creating gates on land is still problematic, at least for us. We originally thought LodunтАЩs wards must be

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keeping the Gardier out, but we donтАЩt know if thatтАЩs the reason the Gardier havenтАЩt entered Lodun
through a world-gate, or if they were unable to establish any spell circles in the corresponding location
in the staging world, or ifтАжтАЭ His expression hardened. тАЬThey have entered Lodun, and have simply
allowed the barrier to remain in place to keep whoever remains alive inside imprisoned.тАЭ Tremaine
winced. The Gardier used large crystals they called avatars in place of the spheres, but all were inhabited
by the displaced souls of sorcerers, none of which had gotten there by accident. The Rienish still had no
idea how the Gardier did this, or what happened to the captured sorcerersтАЩ bodies, or the answers to a
number of unpleasant questions. тАЬNone of our prisoners can shed any light on this.тАЭ Delphane paused to
look around the room, his eyes hard. тАЬBut if any of those inside are still alive, we have to attempt a
rescue. The spheres now make this more feasible.тАЭ

No, really? Tremaine thought, rolling her eyes. There were some quiet comments exchanged in the
audience, then Delphane continued, тАЬOf course we know now the barrier must be maintained through
use of the crystals. Now if anyone has any thoughtsтАжтАЭ




After an interminable period, the meeting broke up for a short interval. Tremaine suspected it was to
give the older members of the Capidaran delegation a chance to retreat to one of the retiring rooms
where there were working radiators. She noted that Ixion had guards who conducted him away, burly
young men in Capidaran dress militia uniforms of red and gray. There was also an older man with old-
fashioned muttonchop whiskers, dressed in a well-tailored civilian suit, who would be a sorcerer, and a
correct young woman in a dark dress who must be his assistant or apprentice. Tremaine snorted to
herself in disgust. Small use that would be if Ixion decided to make trouble.

She caught up with Gerard out in the foyer in time to hear him tell Averi, тАЬI think that demonstrated that
IxionтАЩs claims are completely false. Even under mild provocation, he couldnтАЩt keep himself from
making a threat.тАЭ

тАЬYes, but I hardly think what Valiarde said was mild provocation,тАЭ Colonel Averi pointed out wearily.
тАЬThe man is impossible.тАЭ

Well, yes, Tremaine mentally agreed. She looked around, noting that Nicholas was not only impossible
but absent, off on his next mission. It looked suspiciously as if he had only shown up for the meeting to
invite Ixion into that confrontation. She stopped abruptly, letting Gerard and the colonel draw ahead of
her, wondering if that were the case. He would have had to know that Ixion would be there, she thought,
annoyance turning to anger. And he didnтАЩt tell usтАж. But she didnтАЩt see how he could have known; they
had only been in Capidara two weeks, surely not even Nicholas could have set up a spy network in that
time. Unless he already had one in place, and he just had to find it againтАж.