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not for long was muskrat alone; she grinned to hear such a thing said, surprised despite herself. slinking step drew her up to full small height; where the other was taller, she held muscles and he was hardly more than a boy, a new man with pretty eyes who watched her with humor.

"i want curse, i curse," muskrat intoned, teeth gleaming in one of her sharklike grins. "you know if i curse. so — not curse." paw gestured to her tower of stone, standing the height of her elbow for now. "speaking-place. for ridge. for vale."