Raik

LORNE visitor Simon Raik-Allen said he would think twice about hiking in Otway forest after having seen a puma-like cat near Erskine Falls.

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"I think he is giving much in his attempt to save my daughter," said Raik Na Seem.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

It was Raik Na Seem's voice, full of resigned sadness.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

"The name has substance in my heart," said Raik Na Seem.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

Raik Na Seem was glad of a subject to draw his mind away from the fate of his daughter and his adoptive son.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

For more than a day and a night Elric sat with Raik Na Seem and the men and women of the Bauradim within the shelter of the Bronze Tent, their eyes fixed upon the strangely wizened body of Alnac the Dreamthief which occasionally stirred and murmured yet still seemed as lifeless as the mummified goats which the sand-dunes sometimes revealed.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

He wept with relief and with joy and Elric saw how much he resembled Raik Na Seem.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

"But who can save her now?" said Raik Na Seem softly, perhaps a little embarrassed by Elric's outburst in this place of meditation.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

As they rode a little distance behind Raik Na Seem, Gone told Elric something more of what the Holy Girl meant to the Bauradim.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

Raik Na Seem smiled sadly and put 'his hand on Alnac Kreb's shoulder.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989