Voyage of the Fox Rider
“said Aylis, the moment she climbed up over the rim, “hidden behind an illusion of stone.”
Illusion! exclaimed several voices at once.
“Durlok!” spat Alamar.
“This cavern, how large?” asked Aravan.
“The entrance is some seventy or eighty feet wide at the sea, and tapers up to a central point nearly reaching the ledge, say ninety feet high.”
Jinnarin, her eyes wide, asked, “What did the illusion look like?”
Bokar stooped down and took up a stone. “Like this rock,” he grunted. “I could see nothing... of the cavern. To me the wall fell sheer to the ocean below. But as Lady Aylis pointed out, the waves rolled on through. —That, I could see.”
“How deep is this cavern?” asked Aravan.
“From the ledge I could not tell,” answered Aylis, “though Bokar says it is very large.”
Kelek raised an eyebrow, then asked, “How so, Armsmaster?”
“It has the sound of a large cavern, Kelek. The waves surge in and softly boom with a low, rolling echo.”
“Ah,” said Kelek, satisfied.MoreLess
Illusion! exclaimed several voices at once.
“Durlok!” spat Alamar.
“This cavern, how large?” asked Aravan.
“The entrance is some seventy or eighty feet wide at the sea, and tapers up to a central point nearly reaching the ledge, say ninety feet high.”
Jinnarin, her eyes wide, asked, “What did the illusion look like?”
Bokar stooped down and took up a stone. “Like this rock,” he grunted. “I could see nothing... of the cavern. To me the wall fell sheer to the ocean below. But as Lady Aylis pointed out, the waves rolled on through. —That, I could see.”
“How deep is this cavern?” asked Aravan.
“From the ledge I could not tell,” answered Aylis, “though Bokar says it is very large.”
Kelek raised an eyebrow, then asked, “How so, Armsmaster?”
“It has the sound of a large cavern, Kelek. The waves surge in and softly boom with a low, rolling echo.”
“Ah,” said Kelek, satisfied.MoreLess
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