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Before Fred could grab the Eye, a snarling Reaibn re-appeared, and the Eye rose to his hand from where it lay on the ground. "You would take what is mine?!"
"N-no!" Fred said hurriedly, realising that he could be in terrible trouble. "I was just retrieving it for you."
Reaibn visibly calmed down. "I see," he said. "Then thank you. But don't try to do that again. Only I may touch the Eye. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Good.... It would appear that I cannot take the Eye into Aqualaria, which is most inconvenient...
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"We will return to Caemlyn, as I need to consider what I can do to make the Aqualarians return our people."
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"Lord Fred, I should like you to take a message to the Aqualarians for me. You will please tell them that their princesses will remain in my dungeon until such time as they return all the people whom they have abducted."
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Fred has keen eyes. He points across the border. "Look. Isn't that our people coming now?"
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Meanwhile, Astra and Belinda chat in their dungeon cell, as before naked and chained to the wall.
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We join the teenagers, who have run foul of someone responsible for their trail's 'disappearance'.
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Emry sells his booze (no use wasting good liquor) back at a loss to the local bar, and gets cleaned up.
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Meanwhile, Ruag finalizes his preparations for his part of the plan.
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