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WE USED TO REPAIR TRAVELERS’ PEN WHOSE WEIGHT AND GRIP SUITS YOU. THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW IS JUST ONE OF MY OWN OLD WANDS. WHOA! DID YOU DO THIS?! THEY LOOK BRAND NEW! BUT MY LINES ALWAYS COME OUT ALL THIN AND WAVY... I WANTED TO FIX THEM UP BEFORE I RETURNED ALL THAT’S LEFT IS TO REDRAW THE SEAL. PERHAPS WE NEED TO FIND YOU A NEW WAND.
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CN 1 ግ || 750 | „DOESN'T THIS PLACE SEEM REALLY DIFFERENT FOR BEING... = d сд f < 7| | ARCHITECTURE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. 02 éi Š | Ё у ΚΑΙ ΗΝ I WAS “Ф Р) DOESN’T 50 FOCUSED HAVE ROADS ў BUT WE ON RUNNING, AND WALLS | САМТ ВЕ I GUESS I GOT OF WHITE TOO FAR US ALL LOST. STONE LIKE ይ THIS... HUH? SO WHERE ARE WE? AND...UM... WHICH WAY DID WE COME FROM? 196
THAT'S SILLY! 1 1 ይኔ АКЕ WE WE DIDNT Ale NOT IN KALHN ارا PASS THROUGH < ANYMORE? V ANY WINDOW- WAY... oe AND IT’S NOT LIKE WE TELEPORTED! WE JUST GOT TURNED AROUND! THAT'S ALL! m TLL THAT С. % Д | GO CHECK WE JUST SHE Жм GOT TURNED MIGHT HAVE | Z| WHERE WE РР А POINT. 2 1 ARE FROM 197
МЕ COULD НАУЕ ВЕЕМ ТЕ ЕРОКТЕО DIRECTLY. WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE. + SPELLS LIKE THAT ARE FORBIDDEN... BUT... I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T | ALLOWED? SNR ` 5 NN i ረ ሆ MASTER Ж) v. “ረመ 55 ih — |: TETIA?! WHAT’S WRONG?!
> — WE'VE É - , Ze BAD NEWS! GOTTA GET = ም 4 REALLY (= = WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT IN KALHN ANYMORE!! BAD NEWS! DID YOU SEE SOMETHING? IT’S NOT JUST THAT I SAW IT!