uro t a long time in feren t to o sult ter. ites sly to get it back.
So go to tell Jo decided t ted to know. Perhey knew already.
S savage mig, and ty lean-to. it o be o talk to! In till s tinual creak of metal and timber or ter along talaimon on oo.
S imprisoned fat all, s time it lig sook for moonlig s lay stiffly in to try them on again.
Oo go out on deck, and a mier s top of tepped out.
At once s se rembling under a nervous agitation, but Pantalaimon whispered:
“the Aurora!”
rong t so clutco keep from falling.
t filled ty of it was scarcely ceivable.
As if from self, great curtains of delicate ligrembled.
Pale green and rose-pink, and as transparent as t fragile fabrid at ttom edge a profound and fiery crimson like t skillful dancer. Lyra t s distant close to t; it iful it tears prick ears spli even furto prismatic rainbo long before sering trance as er. Per calmly, ers needle is making too.
It mig itself. S t notig t s it, and s it, and only remembered it mucer.
And as sy seemed to form itself bereams of translut color: to parkland. Looking at it gave igo, as if s up but do not. It was a whole universe away.
But somet, and as sried to focus , s faint and dizzy, because ttle t part of t. It own.
clearly, sy was gone.
tspread glided dos poo a on the wooden deck a few yards from Lyra.
In t s bird, a beautiful gray goose it a bird: it but Lyra h sickly fear.
the bird said:
“here is Farder ?”
And suddenly Lyra realized be. tch friend.
Sammered to reply:
“I— him....”
Surned and scampered doo to speak into the darkness:
“Farder ! tg on the sky—”
to on terdeck, child.”
tately o tern of t and aneously, and a cause of fasated terror to Lyra, ertaining a g.
tfully, and tor.
“Greetings,” said Farder . “And Im o see you again, Kaisa. Noo e inside, or o stay out he open?”
“I ay outside, thank you, Farder . Are you warm enough for a while?”
ito cold, but t other humans did.
Farder assured they were well ed up, and said, “how is Serafina Pekkala?”
“Sings to you, Farder , and srong. wo people?”
Farder introduced t Lyra.
“I alked about among ake war?”
“Not o free taken from us. And I ches will help.”
“Not all of t ers.”
“Is t ion Board?” “I dont kno ers. tions ten years ago ruments. to alloo set up stations in our lands, and treated us esy.” “ is t?”
“It es from t is neain is t fear es over top at noto discover is. But it is not of any to ches.”
“And of a place called Bolvangar. Our made no agreement anding obligation to you, Farder , I o so find t ers.”
Farder smiled, and Jo ogetisfa.
“to t tell us t t ers? do t this Bolvangar?”
“t up buildings of metal and crete, and some underground c, expense. e dont kno tred and fear over timals keep aoo. No birds fly t call it t. t tation. But to everyone else it is Bolvangar.”
“And hey defended?”
“tartars armed tice, because no oacked ttlement si . t kno, because as I say terest for us.”
Lyra ing to ask a question, and t and looked at her as if giving permission.
“calk about me?” she said.
“Because of your fathe daemon replied.
t surprised all t Farder , w Joroubled.
“Ot hose be?
Do you mean tars?”
“Indeed no.”
“Pers?” said Farder .
“Nor t.”
“Is it ty in ts?” said Lyra. “It is, ent it?”
turely oward ense.
“Yes,” chousands of years.
You see times in ts. t part of t all; even t stars are part of t ts s universe entirely. Not furt interpeing , unaher....”
hem again.
“t brusen million ot. e are as close as a beat, but ou ts.”
“And where?” said Farder .
“Because ticles in ty of making tter of t for a brief time.
itc .”
“My fat,” Lyra said. “I knohe Aurora.”
“Is to do ?” said John Faa.
“ell you is t t ers are as frig as if it is whey imprisoned Lord Asriel.”
“But why?” Lyra said.
“tends to use Dust in some o make a bridge bethe Aurora.”
tness in Lyras head.
She heard Farder say, “And does he?”
“Yes,” said t believe o believe in t place. But it is true: t is ention. And t t o capture ress of Svalbard, out of to gain of the bargain.”
Lyra said, “Do take t him?”
“t is a question oo plicated an ansly, tited. t t betc ever existed, o w.
t yet part of any allia pressure is being put on us to declare for one side or anotions of ics, and not easily answered.”
“ about they on?”
“O ions; t least, t is o be, but ent on y rate, t ers o imprison Lord Asriel, and til t drop of blood drains from t bear alive.”
“But not all bears!” Lyra said. “t on Svalbard at all. cast bear, and o e h us.”
time she could feel his cold surprise.
Farder sed unfortably, and said, “t is, Lyra, I dont t a term as an iured laborer; free, as be, eill be free to e, armor or no armor; and never back, either.”
“But ricked ole it away!”
“e story,” said Jo we heard.”
“If—” Lyra e; sion. “—if ter says somets true. And I asked it, and it said t elling trutrick elling lies and not oo, and you believe you?”
“I t I did, c so certain of things as you are.”
“But o go round killing people as soons s his armor on? he could kill dozens of em now!”
“ dozens, t took a rampaging round looking for it. ore open t kno to kill als; ted to use him like a laborer.”
“Like a slave!” Lyra said ly. “t got t!”
“Be t as it may, t t. And to labor i until he blood money.”
“Jo knos my belief t armor back. ts it.”
“But if her em again,”
said Lyra. “I promise, Lord Faa.”
“And o do t?”
“I know w is!”
tcare at Lyra. All turo oo, ed treme politeness of keeping tly aure, his body.
“You be surprised,” said to kno ter is ocerested in you, Lyra. Our sul told us about your visit t the bear.”
“Yes, it alked to Lyra says is true, but if involved in a quarrel his Bolvangar, bear or no bear.”
“A you ent seen make all the difference.”
“ do you to tchs daemon.
“e rao us as ours are to tcast, be less reliable to be. You must decide for yourselves.”
“e ell us o get to Bolvangar from here?”
to explain. ree line and tundra, of star sigened a fat. As soon as to Svalbard ake Lord Asriel ter, and use it to oget across....
Sometime in t Jo o o get, only a must be nearly noon, s.
Soon, w all.
So find notores eams ing to go; everyt of tians ting in a smoke-filled cafe fag ter, eating spice cakes and drinking strong s coffee at tables u anbaric lights.
“ting doony Costa and ting the bears armor for him?”
“talking to ts then, Lyra?”
“Yea alked, someone else pulled a c table.
“So youve spoken to old lorek?” he said.
S tall, lean man acual expression of distant and sardonic amusement. S strongly about once, but s sure w was liking s, or dislike. ough-looking as he was.
warily.
“Lee Scoresby,” he said.
“t!” s?”
“Its packed a on h lorek Byrnison?”
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