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be left stranded, becalmed.
“Is the tunnel straight?” Storm grabbed at her uncle’s
arm.
Lake understood at once. “No, by the Ancestors!
Halfway along it twists like an eel and doubles back on itself. Shall I sound a warning bell and stop the ship?”
“No. Wait!” Storm glanced at the sky and saw the Albatross near overhead, wings set wide, like twin sails. As she watched the Elemental, Storm saw, as though with a second pair of eyes, a curving canyon below her. She saw a winding path of blue water twisting between red-black walls.
A shiver of joy and fear combined ran up and down her spine. I am seeing through the eyes of the Albatross itself! This was magic indeed! It was intoxicating.
“I can see,” Storm said. “It’s all right.” She marvelled that her voice was so calm. With her human eyes, Storm watched the tunnel eat the second ship. At the same time the Elemental spirit showed her the first ship, as it reached a turn in the channel. She adjusted the leading edge of her wind.
Storm guided each ship, following the twists of the tunnel, adjusting her magical wind for each vessel. Her second sight watched the first ship break free of
the tunnel and enter the wide blue lake that was the
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