"Oh." Yarna said, not allowing the relief she felt to show on her
face. "Are - are you certain, sister?" "Of course," Astra said in that same peculiar grinding voice. "Look at me - no one in Aqualaria - in any land - would accept a creature like this as their ruler!" As if to punctuate her declaration, she took a few steps forward. It was not the confident stride of a queen or a princess or even a person. Instead, it was a slow and ponderous shuffle, stiff and awkward. "Look at me - I can barely walk now, and I sound inhuman! Besides, if it really has been thirty years, you know more about the Matriarchy now than I would." "If - if you say so, dear sister." "I do!" she said shortly. Turning laboriously to face Belboz, she said, "Wizard, I'd like you to finish restoring me. But even more important, restore him," she said, slowly raising her hand to point at the other statue. "Your, um, companion?" "Yes. He is Lord Fred of Allaria, and I owe him my life. Please, if you can, return him to flesh and blood." "I can try," Belboz said with a shrug, "But no promises."
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