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"I can see that many of you are dying to put questions to our guest," she said. "I think that we had better do that immediately. If you are agreeable, Mister Vedagaisic?"

"Of course." He would like to have added "But please just call me Vedagaisic", but wasn't sure whether doing so would have been considered polite.

A tall distinguished-looking woman of fifty or so stood up. "Madam Lucia," Rose acknowledged her.

"I would like to thank Vedagaisic for coming so far to tell us his news. It is a remarkable story and you told it very clearly." Evidently Lucia knew that his people did not put anything in front of their names, Vedagaisic thought. Or perhaps it was just that she was so important that she did not need to do so. From her bearing she certainly looked important. If he had the chance later on, he would have to ask Rose who she was.

He then realised that, after a brief pause, Lucia had resumed speaking, and hurriedly turned his attention back to her. It would be very embarrassing to have to ask her to repeat her question.

1. "Were you able to form any impression of Princess Astra's state of mind? Yes, I'm convinced that this must be Astra. However her transformation occurred, it must have been a shocking experience for her."
2. "I don't suppose that you were able to learn anything about the people trapped in the valley, such as roughly how many there are? It seems likely that other Aqualarians as well as the princess would have been prisoners of the dragon."
3. "But it is so remarkable a story that I have some difficulty in believing it. Do you have any hard evidence that this is not just a tall story?"

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