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Velus quickly slunk back into the shadows, for everyone feared the
dragon's wife. She was much nastier than the dragon. She was
currently in her human form of a beautiful woman rather than in her
dragoness form. (The access to the chamber in which Astra was chained was
too narrow to permit entry as a dragon.)
"So you've come to gloat, have you?" the Princess said.
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"That's right, Astra. Did you know that you've been chained here for precisely 43 days, 7 hours and 11 minutes?"
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"No, I've come to indulge my sadistic impulses by tickling you with this feather." Indeed, in her hand she held an enormous feather, possibly taken from the wing of a roc.
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"No. As you know, I am a powerful sorceress, and I've decided that it's time to have some fun with you."
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But before she could reply, Velus (remember him?) dashed from his hiding place and bit her in the ankle. What bravery! Or maybe that should read: What stupidity!
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