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　Conina said nothing. She was staring out across the plains Nike high heels to the broiling storm of magic. Occasionally some of it would detach and soar away to some distant tower. She shivered, despite the growing heat of the day.
　'We ought to get down there as soon as possible,' she said. 'It's very important.'
　'Why?' said Creosote. One glass of wine hadn't really restored him to his former easygoing nature.
　Conina opened Jordan heels her mouth, and - quite unusually for her - shut it again. There was no way to explain that every gene in her body was dragging her onwards, telling her that she should get involved; visions of swords and spiky balls on chains kept invading the hairdressing salons of her consciousness.
　Nijel, on the other hand, felt no such UGG Boots Clearance pounding. All he had to drive him onwards was imagination, but he did have enough of that to float a medium-sized war galley. He looked towards the city with what would have been, but for his lack of chin, an expression of setjawed determination.
　Creosote realised that he was outnumbered.
　'Do they have any drink down there?' he said.
　'Lots,' said Nike high heels Nijel.
　'That might do for a start,' the Seriph conceded. 'All right, lead on, O peach-breasted daughter of-'
　And no poetry.'
　They untangled themselves from the thicket and walked down the hillside until they reached the road which, before very long, went past the aforementioned tavern or, as Creosote persisted in calling it, caravanserai.
　They hesitated about going in. It didn't seem Nike heels to welcome visitors. But Conina, who by breeding and upbringing tended to skulk around the back of buildings, found four horses tethered in the yard.
　They considered them carefully.
　'It would be stealing,' said Nijel, slowly.
　Conina opened her mouth to agree and the words 'Why not?' slid past her lips. She shrugged.
　'Perhaps we should leave some money-' Nijel suggested.
　'Don't look Nike high heels at me,' said Creosote.
　'- or maybe write a note and leave it under the bridle. Or something. Don't you think?'
　By way of an answer Conina vaulted up on to the largest horse, which by the look of it belonged to a soldier. Weaponry was slung all over it.