Astra fumed through the tunnels, not paying much attention to where she
was going.
"Stupid Fred," she thought to herself. "How dare he say those
things? I hope I never see him again. Though knowing him, there's no
guarantee of that." "Maybe I should go back to get Velus; maybe Fred needs me for something. No, I've made up my mind and should stick to my word. I'm never going to..." but she was unable to finish, for the further she went, the hotter and hotter it seemed to get. It was getting harder to think straight. Astra was sweating profusely (her education had been deficient, and so she didn't realise that princesses were not supposed to sweat). At least it was a dry heat, or the temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit or so might have caused even one as fit as she to collapse. Eventually she noticed the tunnel she had taken led to a large cavern. In its center was:
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