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In a month, the passes into Teutlandt and Skanida will be open and my companion and I will be on our way. He paused and Philemon frowned, trying to understand what he was being told. You want us to come with you? he asked, at last. You expect us to follow you? Halt shook his head. I have no wish to ever see any of you again, he said fl

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