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Stormknewitwouldbe3easiertodirectthewindif she followed the fleet. One by one, and with much groaning of timber and clinking of tackle, the other ships eased past.
Air-music was already singing in her veins and pulsing in her head, smooth and cool, light and flowing. A breeze came with her first thought, blowing light and steady. Part of her mind noticed that the sails of the Bellum harrier ships, which lay only a few ship-lengths away, did not so much as flutter. Precise magic indeed! She felt a stir of pride as the stern of the first of Yanlin’s ships disappeared from sight into the tunnel, but pride was immediately replaced by panic. What if the tunnel changed direction? If the narrow channel twisted right
or left, her wind must shift in turn, or the ships would
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