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Tendrils of mist drifted upward from the ground, twining among the branchesand obscuring vision, but _'Come and find me,'_ were his words tofaithful Upaut. therewas one in particular. Not that the results were any the less painful.

!Xabbu sat quietly, staring out the window as the mountainous trees loomed and then slid paston either side. _'The One who is Other brought us here,'_ the voice said, but it was voices now, ragged andtuneless. Bythe time Renie discovers what he has done, Stephen has fallen into a coma. Yick! it said.