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  1. I nodded. "When does Lara want me to make my entrance?"
  2. "She told me that you would know best," Justine said.
  3. "Right," I said. "Take me to where I can hear them talking, then."
  4. "That's going to be a problem," Justine said. "They're speaking Ancient Etruscan. I can follow enough of it to give you an idea what - "
  5. "It isn't a problem," I said.
  6. Is it ? I thought toward Lasciel's shadow.
  7. Naturally not, my host , came the ghostly reply.
  8. Groovy , I thought. Thanks, Lash .
  9. A startled second passed. Then she replied, You are welcome.
  10. "Just get me to where I can hear them," I told Justine.
  11. "This way," she replied at once, and hurried on down the passage, stopping not twenty feet shy of the main cavern. Even so close, I could see very little of the cavern beyond - though I could hear voices raised in speech that sounded strange and sibilant in my ears and English in my head.
  12. "... the very heart of the matter," a rolling basso voice orated. "That the mortal freaks and their ilk stand on the brink of destruction. Now is the time to tighten our grip and neuter the kine once and for all." Lord Skavis, I presumed.
  13. A strong and lazily confident baritone answered the speaker, and I recognized the voice of the remains of the creature who had killed my mother at once. "My dear Skavis," answered Lord Raith, the White King, "I can hardly say that I find the notion of a neutered humanity entirely appealing."
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  16. White Night Chapter 36, Page 374-376
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