Chapter twenty-oneThere is little more to relate about this adventure.
To my surprise and a mixture of admiration and terror, I found Delia had been fighting alongside me for some time. Darham’s wounds would trouble him until the needleman attended him.
Seg strode up to the cave, brave and gallant in the rosy gold moonlight. With him were — well, everybody seemed to be there.
Delia’s Claw dripped green. Our friends crowded up, stalking over the sprawled corpses of the Shargs. You know the names of these folk, the sea of faces stretched and every one was a comrade. I tell you, for the Love of Opaz and Zair, that moment felt good, very very good!
Deb-Lu-Quienyin was there in person. His ghostly apparition had found us and he had guided the fleet. And the ships! Mighty Skyships, with rows
