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It's the water that's pushing us up and down察K'Sothra offered。
Quenthel ignored her察choosing instead to look out into the cold gloom of the Shadow Fringe。
;Care察all察─Pharaun said察his voice distant and echoing in the strange environment。 ;We'll be crossing into the Shadow Deep。 There are dangers there 。 。 。 creatures察intelligences 。 。 。 keep your arms and legs inside the rail at all times察please。 Try not to make eye contact with anything we might pass。 Be prepared for any manner of strange effects and all manner of strange creatures。;
Only a wizard察Zinda hissed察could offer such vague and meaningless warnings。 Does he expect any of us to jump overboard in the Shadow Deep
He's right察Yngoth argued。 The Shadow Deep hides many dangers。
;Hold onto something察─the Master of Sorcere advised。
Perhaps the draegloth could keep you from falling察Mistress察Hsiv advised。
Quenthel's lip curled in a sneer察and she flicked the offending snake under his chin。 She looked over at the draegloth。 Danifae's hand absently stroked his mane察and the draegloth stood very close to her。
Quenthel looked away察trying her best to rid her mind of the image。 She kneeled on the deck and wrapped her arms around the bone and sinew rail。 No sooner had she tightened her grip than the world´or the water´dropped out from under the ship。
They fell察and Quenthel's stomach lurched up into her throat。 Her jaw clenched察and all she could do was hold on察her body tense and ready for the inevitable deadly stop at the bottom of whatever they were falling into。
It took a terribly long time for that to happen。 Finally Quenthel began to relax´at least a little´even though they were still falling and she continued to hold on to the rail for dear life。 Quenthel gathered her wits enough to survey the rest of the expedition。
The ship's deck was elongated and twisted察as if it had been pulled at either end by a strong but careless giant。 Pharaun seemed twice as far away察Valas twice as close察and Danifae and Jeggred appeared to be hanging upside down。 The draegloth held the battle´captive in one arm and the rail in the other。
All around them black shapes flitted in and around the rigging察up and under the hull察and between the falling dark elves。 The air was ribboned with black and gray察and there was a dull roar like wind but not wind that all but deafened her。 The flying black shapes were either bats or the shadows of bats。 In the Shadow Deep察Quenthel knew察the shadows would be the more dangerous of the two。
We're stopping察Qorra said察and Quenthel knew it to be true。
The sensation of falling had wafted away。 It wasn't that they had slowed in their fall察and they certainly hadn't hit bottom察they simply weren't falling anymore。
;Sorry察all察─Pharaun apologized察his voice cheerful and bright。 ;A bit of a rough transition察that one察but you'll forgive my general inexperience with the whole piloting a ship of chaos thing察I'm sure。;
Quenthel didn't forgive but also didn't bother to say anything。 The ship was perfectly still察as if it had e up on solid ground察and the high priestess risked a glance over the rail。
They hadn't e to rest on the ground察she saw察but had stopped in midair above a rolling landscape of gray cluttered with vaguely translucent silhouettes of trees。 The shadowy察batlike things still raced all around them。
;Oh察yes察─Pharaun added suddenly察 and don't touch the bats。;
Quenthel sighed but never touched a shadow´bat。
Pharaun extended his senses out into the Shadow Deep察using the properties of the ship of chaos in a way that felt natural to one who had bee part of the demonic vessel。 He did it the same way he would have strained to hear some distant sound。
The Shadow Deep is not unlike your Underdark after all察Aliisza said察and like the Underdark it has its own rules。
Pharaun nodded。 He didn't pretend to understand those rules in any but the simplest way。 He'd always been smart enough not to linger in the Shadow Deep。
We won't linger now察Aliisza said。
She touched his shoulder察and Pharaun took a deep breath。 He was reassured by her touch察and not only for her help navigating and piloting the ship。 With Ryld dead察he was alone with a group of drow who'd be as happy to see him dead as not。 The alu´fiend might be more enemy than friend察but still Pharaun couldn't help thinking she was the only one he could trust。
Can you feel it拭she asked。
Pharaun was momentarily taken aback。 He thought she meant´
The gateway察she said。 Can you feel it
There was a lightness in his head and an itch on his right temple that made the ship turn and accelerate。 His fingers curled察instinctively gripping the deck。
I feel it察he said。 The barrier is thinnest there。 The ship will pass through。
Yes察the alu´fiend breathed。
She wrapped an arm around him from behind and pressed into his back。 Pharaun's heart beat a little faster察and the wizard was amused with himself。 He couldn't see her察but he could feel her察he could smell her察and he could hear her voice echoing in his skull。 He liked it。
At Pharaun's unspoken mand the ship drifted across vast distances in insubstantial leaps。 Like shadow walking察the ship slid across the Plane of Shadow faster than it should have察the distance pressing beneath it。
Will we fall again拭Pharaun asked Aliisza as they neared the place where the Shadow Deep gave way directly to the endless expanse of the Astral。
No察she said察it will be different。
It was。
The ship was through in an instant。 The darkness of the Shadow Deep with its sky of black and deep gray blazed into a blinding light。 Pharaun's eyes clamped shut and were instantly soaked with tears。 The ship shuddered。 It felt as if the vessel were being battered on its side。 Pharaun's breath caught in his chest察and there was a hard pressure there察a tightness。 Fear
Don't be afraid察Aliisza whispered。
Pharaun cringed at the word but had to admit to himself at least that he was afraid。
He blinked his burning eyes open察and his head reeled so he almost fainted。 There was such an expanse of nothing on every side of them that he felt too out in the open察too vulnerable察too 。 。 。 outside to be anything but tense and jumpy。
The sky around them was gray察but it also held what Pharaun could only describe as the essence of light。 There was no sun or any other single source of luminescence。 The light was simply there察ing from everywhere at once察saturating everything。
Bright streaks of multicolored luminescence rippled across the backdrop of saturated light´brilliant and chaotic aurorae。
The ship rocked and shuddered察and Pharaun tensed again察fully prepared for the thing to shake itself apart。 He held his teeth closed察then closed his eyes察and would have closed his ears if he could。
No察Aliisza advised察don't close your eyes。 Don't shut yourself off from it。
Pharaun opened his eyes察mentally brushing off the resentment that boiled to the surface。 He didn't like being told what to do察even when he knew he needed it。
She squeezed him tighter and whispered in his ear察 Think it。 Think the name of it。;
It拭he thought to her。
Again she whispered with her real voice察her lips so close to his ear Pharaun could feel them brushing against the sensitive skin there此 The Abyss。;
The Abyss察he thought。 The Abyss。
There it was。
;What is that拭─Quenthel asked。
;We're heading right for it察─the draegloth said。
Pharaun laughed and moved the ship faster toward the disturbance。
That's it察Aliisza prodded。
They were moving toward a black whirlpool in the sky。 It was as big as Sorcere itself察maybe bigger。 It was huge。 The closer they got to it察the bigger it became察and not only because they were moving closer to it。 The thing was actually growing。
;We're not projections here察─Valas said。 ;If we fly into that thing 。 。 。;
;We'll end up where we meant to go察─Pharaun said。
His own voice sounded strange in his ears察as i