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He'd expected an even wilder rush than the ley-line had fed into him; instead, this was like sinking into a peace-filled globe of light, or a blissfully hot pool of water.

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What Kel did accomplish, was to distract it from Darian down below, who tapped into the nearest ley-line and began the simplest of all magics - creating heat.

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Darian didn't question whether he had the strength available; he linked first with a ley-line, and then with his teacher, clutching the stool with both hands.

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Those threads blazed up as the ley-line ebbed, but this time Darian reacted before the Shaman could; he made the Shaman's foot stick again as the man moved sideways before his attack.

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Drawing on that confidence he'd had this afternoon, he closed his eyes, invoked Mage-Sight, and reached for the nearest ley-line, then opened himself.

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He caught hold of the nearest ley-line, and without permitting himself to hesitate, seized it, opening himself to it.

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With exaggerated care, he stepped past it, then Darian felt the quick drop in ley-line power that warned he was about to strike.

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"I tried to get a sense of direction and distance, but I didn't get much, " Firesong said, as Darian let go his own hold on the ley-line.

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The flows of power around the Shaman told Darian quite a bit - more bad news, since the Shaman had accessed a ley-line four furlongs behind, which crossed the trail the army must have taken.

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Darian watched the Eclipse Shaman through narrowed eyes, sensing the ebb and flow of power in the ley-line that the Shaman had linked to.

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