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'I knew Tipasa once, when my body was young and strong like yours. We fought the Lakuri pirates at Samiz and voyaged to a distant land where ice and snow lay thick on the ground, and the sun had not the power to melt them. Yes, I knew Tipasa the Wanderer . . . once. All I know now is that he dwells in Ikaresh. Find the widow Soushilla--she will know. She knows all that passes in Ikaresh.'

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Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.