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As the eagles’ cry echoed around them, Mila channeled her magic into the pillar of water, hoping it would be enough. Moments later, she sensed Perry’s weight land upon it, but the water level dropped immediately lower and she could feel her magic start to weaken.
Mila spun her whips one final time, then used the water to provide a cushion as she jumped off the edge. “Now, Finn!”
She saw Finn’s look of panic just before she fell beneath the level of the platform, then his tumbling figure above her as he jumped after, his cry a curse she hadn’t heard for a long time.
They landed either side of Perry who lay cradled in the white water, his eyes fixed on the eagles that circled just above them, wary of their strange passage.
“I’ve had enough of being captured and tortured for my magic,
