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<DIV> When the girl
is seen again she quickly glances to the
party<BR> and makes eye contact
with Kiet and Z'leyra on the top
of<BR> the wagon. She then
mouths something and glances forward.
She<BR> then looks back and
mouths something again. The look on
her<BR> face is that of
sadness. Those who see the silent mouthing
are<BR> Farseeker, Kiet, Z'leyra
and Raban. When the girl does
the<BR> mouthing again a third
time those who see it finally
realize<BR> what she is
saying. But as they realize this a horse
blocks<BR> the party's
view. One of the men reaches out to the girl
and<BR> speaks softly to her and
then glances to the
party.<BR><BR> The
girl mouthed, "help me!"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kiet sees Raban get his dander up and groans out
loud....that "Oh, not again..." groan. Raban is as persisent as
gravity...maybe more so since mana can warp gravity...but probably would have no
effect on Raban's tendency to rescue nubile young women.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kiet doesn't see the problem here. There are
slave a-plenty in Katai, certainly in Lemasa and probably in this bizzare land
they call Marentia. Heck, in Lemasa we even have plenty of slaves from
various countries and even some of those black-haired, red-skinned ones.
One female slave is hardly worth expending mana or sweat over.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Still, should 'The Group' decide to continue with
such folly, Kiet will have to go along with it. Hey...maybe we could trade
them Zhou for the girl...hmmmm......</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>