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As the Pon Q’tar had told her, it seemed that the battle still might be won by her forces. She winced as she heard the tumblers scrapeagain, even louder this time. ”Suddenly Wigg had another thought. Perhaps they have been destroyed after all, she hoped.

”“In a way, they do,” Xanthus answered. Traax seemed near death. Suddenly the princeunderstood. Serena and Clarice might have already escaped.