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otem Can we go back before the morning took you? And every dream of you was gone "So many things, Otem begins, trying to stall and recall what it was she had learned about the mare. Isopia had told her of the fight between Aurelia and Kahlua ... and there had been ... had she tried to take over a herd? Hadn't she stolen things ... things from people she shouldn't have been able to take things from? Otem's memory was hazy on the subject, but she didn't think that Aei'ith would mind. "Your mama was more clever than almost anyone. She could outsmart them, and she was so brave. Once she took on a queen, and you know what? The queen was never the same after meeting your mama." That much was true at least. As Otem had told Aurelia, Kahlua never fought again after what had happened to Aurelia's companion. No water and no trees. For a moment Otem was dumbfounded. Nearly everywhere she had been so far was either surrounded by water or by greenery. How could it be that wherever Aurelia was, it lacked those two things? About to give up, suddenly something that the filly said made Otem's mind snap into focus. Buildings Wait. Buildings? Yes! There was only one place so far Otem had found with buildings, and she remembered it because it so reminded her of the Rotunda from home. As Aei'ith tried to sound the word out, Otem's voice mingled with her own. "Was it called Halyven?" Otem breathed, almost not daring to let herself hope that they had finally stumbled upon the right answer.

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