t to make Lyra sit doook out ttle pot of bloodmoss oi and looked at t    it    deep. ore a strip off t and mopped it , and spread some of tment over the gash,

        trying not to tate of t made it.

        Lyras eyes were glazed, and she ale.

        "Lyra! Lyra!" ly. "e on no to move."

        Sook a long, sh, and her eyes focused on him, full of a wild despair.

        "ill, I t do it anymore, I t do it! I t tell lies! I t it    it didnt s all I    do, and it doesnt ;

        "Its not all you    do. You    read ter, t you? e os see ;

        time t ts were.

        t plaiended far ao t. t by o exist everyrue srue lighe same dingy color.

        Standing on ts and c people, so many t Lyra couldnt guess t least, most of tanding, tting and some lying doless or asleep. No one , or running or playing, turo look at ty in their wide eyes.

        "Gs," s;ts ever died..."

        No doubt it    so ills arm, and    little forms darting and skimming over ts,    filled    felt like life.

        Beside till ec people aring at ill and Lyra, and to cro yet to face to do, and it .

        "Do you speak our language?" ; you speak at all?"

        Sened and full of pain as y t togets tle po clear voice t o respond.

        But t, pale sound, no more t breatter. And as t f and desperate, ted to and from in front of to prevent too close. t ce longing, and Lyra kne o their own daemons again.

        "O daemons," Lyra burst out passionately; "and if my own daemon was roke ouch him, I promise...”

        And s o t gs less or fearful, but tance as fog, poor t and lifeless, t-beating s of travelers, and bot a succession of cold, delicate brusions as ts passed t little by little too; t got an infinite amount of life and o give, and to stop.

        Finally Lyra o plead o hold back.

        S;Please, o tell me o do!"

        ts ed by t gloact ly alive. One g girl, en, reaco try and toud t Lyra said, "Dont be afraid,    e o    you, speak to us, if you !"

        t girl spoke, but in    was only a whisper.

        "Did t? Did try and    you?"

        "Yea; said Lyra, "but if ts all t    t;

        "O isnt, ohey do worse...”

        "?    do t;

        But tant to tell    silent, until one boy said, "It ent so bad for ts been    tired after all t time, t fraid you up so much...”

        "Its t talking to most," said t girl. "Its just.. .Os just eful. t tell you."

        t s all seemed sunk in a let t t never move or speak again.

        "Listen," said Lyra, "please listen. e came    to find a boy called Roger.    been    a fe if you know w;

        But even as s tay ill t every face, and still t never see more tiny fra of t despair sit on here.

        eetried to    , ts part of it anyway.

        t g girl    lost little whisper.

        " to find ; said ill. "ell, Lyra s to speak to    t to find as    to find my fatoo, someo speak to o to e and speak to Lyra and to ill. Ask them...”

        But suddenly ts all turned and fled, even ttered by a sudden gust of    ty, and ts of rotten stink, battering hose raucous screams, jeering, mog, cag, deriding.

        Lyra so t once, c ialys and Salmakia skimming to t, and    or to g is, and ing, scoffing     s; but part of e cold and separate, ting, . None of ted to e anywhe knife.

        to see    migo sending to skim just over his head. her

        clumsily, and s made turn.    and slashe knife.

        By time t to attack, but ill called: "tialys! e o my ;

        t;atc t ake    t to touc all. e    ig;

        Lyra looked up, ures fle or so a t t moment. tle, and to dart t t.

        And it    on ts, too: seeing ill standing unafraid and uno drift back toravelers. tciously, but for all t, tros, oo muco resist.

        Lyra stood up to join ill. rig down    s aside.

        "ill," s;Im so glad ;

        one in     s s ready to speak of it yet.

        o sood.

        t girl said, "t;

        And best sensation, as if little g ugging at to make them follow.

        So t off across t great desolate plain, and t t tance, and tch.

        As ts talked to them.

        "Excuse me," said one g girl, "but ;

        Lyra ead.

        "e left our daemons outside," ; ter. Did you ;

        "Yes," said t, ";

        "And tled?" said Lyra.

        "No, not yet. o t, because I liked    nig s your daemon called?"

        Lyra told s pressed fored to talk about their daemons, every one.

        "Mine apan...”

        "e used to play    see    all, she was ever so good...”

        "Once I    my eye and I couldnt see and he way home...”

        "ed to settle, but I ed to grue...”

        "So curl up in my o sleep...”

        "Are till t;

        "No.    goes out like a dle flame. I seen it or, though, I never said good-bye...”

        "t no;

        tling gs ed and eager, travelers.

        ill said, "Is t ;

        A t boy of uro him.

        "O; came t;e didnt uand     felt like to be    t;

        "I kne; said one girl, "I kne daemons, I t t somet never see s t to me, and t forever. rust, someone o do. But I aint got    knoo ;

        "t noto ; someone else said. "Not;

        "You dont kno; said anot;t t o ;

        S ill and Lyra.

        "t t ever ; said a g boy. "Maybe its all going to c;

        " ; said Lyra.

        "Go up to t;

        "Even if it meant you could only see it once, ill    to do t?"

        "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

        "ell, any to find Roger," said Lyra, burning    it o kno.

        On t, slo among table gs. t see it, but tialys and Salmakia, flying above, ctle pale figures all moving    t looked like tion of immense flocks of birds or    ter of t eadily on; not leading, and not follo some into an iion of all the dead.

        ts moving even more quickly ting steeds, exc to rest side by side on a dry, hered branch.

        "Do ; said the Lady.

        "Since    into t boat, I    as if my    orn out and till beating on t; ;But it ; its still . So somet ttle girls daemon, and sometoo, Salmakia, because your face is drao knos arted t."

        et safely, and took out tone resonator. But o touc wopped.

        "No response," he said somberly.

        "So ;

        "Beyond ainly. ell, o t;

        "to t;

        "ill ;

        "Im sure    oialys, I dont kno;

        " survive tion of empted    arise. It    matter anymore."

        "Do you to leave    to make?"

        ting after t brigongue.    make out est t trong.

        "No," ;not yet. ts still to e,    may be."

        "t bring o it safely."

        &qu toget;

        t rein, and ed off t ond sped doohe Chevalier close behind.

        But t stop o make sure t, tly because tless, and partly because ted to find out ended.

        Lyra sa a pang of relief t till somet darted and gloy. to keep o uro ill; but so w o h, he heard her say:

        "ill, I    us to take all t kids outside, t em free! ell find Roger and your fats open to tside, a em all free!"

        urned and gave rue smile, so umble and falter inside    least, it felt like t, but    Pantalaimon s ask    it meant. It mig to . Deeply surprised, sold op feeling giddy.

        So t faster t;Roger, Lyras e, Roger, Lyras ; passed from oo anotric message t one cell in to t.

        And tialys and Salmakia, cruising above on tireless dragonflies, and looking all around as tually noticed a ne. Some tle gyration of activity. Skimming do time, because someteresting s. talkiedly in t hey were urging someone forward.

        Salmakia fle couldnt land: too great, and none of t o try. S boy , un old, and s:

        &quer? Is t Roger?"

        he looked up, bemused, nervous, and nodded.

        Salmakia fleo ogeto Lyra. It e, but by s of movement, they finally found her.

        "t; said tialys, and called: "Lyra! Lyra! Your friend is t;

        Lyra looked up and     i la os red and yellos filmy iff and still oialys kept    eye level.

        "; sement. "Is ;

        "An ; said t;But old    was    keep going, and soon youll find ;

        tialys sa to stand up straigo find some more energy. Lyra ions: o t did    he way?

        And so on. tialys tried to ansrutiently, and step by step to t to h.
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