| They resumed riding, Astra sitting in front of Fred on their warcharger.
Fred leant forward and whispered in her ear: "We could try to jump him
tonight in Mordnse. Or we could wait until we get to Minestus's lair, in
the hope that all that gold will distract him - and the dwarf too. At least
now we are human again, there is no longer quite the urgency that there
was." "We had better not leave it any later than the lair," Astra whispered
back. "Once we have brought him there, he won't need us any more. He might
be tempted to try to use the Crystallic against us, or to trap us in the
caves."
At that point, before they were able to make any specific plan, Rift became suspicious at how close Fred's head was to Astra's. He sent Tarin forward on his pony to ride alongside them and ensure that they could not converse without being overheard.
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They reach Mordnse without incident.