t terium is assembli army ever knoy. And t rumors about some of t Bolvangar, and ting c evil    of ed in toies keep t s out, and toerrified of t;

        " of tc; said Serafina Pekkala. " news do you ;

        "Most o tg, Serafina Pekkala, s, for ;

        "And w do you ;

        "te fusion. You see, t knoends to do."

        "Nor do I," s;and I t imagine    mig do you tending, Dr.

        Lanselius?"

        ly rubbed t daemon humb.

        "; er a moment, "but sc atesmans     and poure, but not a despotie. I dont ts to rule.... I dont knoell you.    mig to see if ell you anyt, of course,    o ter."

        "ts a good idea.... Ill do it. And Ill go at once."

        So to join Kaisa in the clouds.

        Serafinas jouro tic peoples o panid so    only by tic variations but by unseasonal crags of id stirrings in t self, t, were slowly awakening from a long dream of being frozen.

        In all turmoil, s in too gallop soutely to t    skeins of geese disied into a ic fields t, Serafina Pekkala sat on o tes of Svalbard.

        t, ting off a group of cliff-gs.

        S before so see yard. A single figure so t of t dog daemon snarling and snapping beside hings flew low enough.

        S kno a cliff-g oo loosely ao be called a troop—circled, sa, and fled in fusion. A mier tantly off tains before do silence.

        Serafina fleo tyard and aligrampled, blood-sprinkled snoill cimes, and seady-eyed.

        "I am a friend of Lyras," s;I alk. Look: I lay my bo;

        "; he said.

        "In anoty. And I o kno;

        ;Step i;

        ties exdoors. Kaisa glided tcold    h Lyra.

        "S; ed at table in t;Id see ed    . But ;

        " o do?"

        "You dont told me, do you, Serafina Pekkala? Im , ts all. I    idy. I may    only by pig em up actal.    fide in me any more t;

        "tell me t," sed.

        t    flattered by ttention of tcy, as any maion    really on    on    elling for mu he needed.

        "I t tell you precisely ails are beyond my grasp. But I    tell you tle signs. Correct me if Im    tc gods from ours, ent t rig;

        "Yes, ts true."

        "But you knod? ty?"

        "Yes, I do."

        "ell, Lord Asriel    ease rines of to speak.

        Ive seen a spasm of disgust cross alk of ts, and ato, and redemption, and sucs deato c Lord Asriels been nursing a rebellion in    for as long as Ive served s o;

        "A rebellion against t;

        "Partly, aye. time    an issue of force, but urned a."

        "o?"

        "No," said t, "t    stop my master. No sound strao you, Serafina Pekkala, but I ker ther.

        er and my study fy years. I t follo of    any more t I    see er him.

        No, its my belief urned a t because to, but because it oo o be ing."

        "So... w is ;

        "I t. I t t poroy s    s to voice it, maam. I . But I t put togetory t makes sense of w ;

        Serafina sat quiet for a fes, abs horold had said.

        Before s on:

        "Course, ating out to do a grand t arget of t saying. Itd be t gigantic blasps orial Court aeo deat before and I s again; Id be afraid to speak it aloud to you if you    a c t makes sense, and noto find ty and kill ;

        "Is t possible?" said Serafina.

        "Lord Asriels life     like to say t do. But on t, Serafina Pekkala, yes, ark mad. If angels couldnt do it, o t it?"

        "Angels?    are angels?"

        "Beings of pure spirit, teae of ted, and got flung out of o s t. t do it. And t a man, . But ion is limitless. o do    even dare to t oro anot? ? So    of me, Serafina Pekkala, I say     I t like ot o be possible, itd be done by ;

        "And ;

        "Ill stay . Ill guard till ells me different, or till I die.

        And no;

        "Im going to make sure t; s;It mig I o pass to kno you ill be ;

        "I    budge," old her.

        Shorolds offer of food, and said good-bye.

        A minute or so later s silence ains. Sroubled, and to explain: every strand of moss, every icy puddle, every midge in     fear for t fear of oo, for so co, tter; Lord Asriels god    chhood?

        If s do it alone.

        "; s;e must talk to our sisters, Kaisa. ts are too big for us alone."

        And toward Lake Enara and home.

        * * * In ted caves beside too.

        t ruggled to keep    after t Svalbard, and tco to repair to    and the gasbag.

        "Maam, Im very glad to see you," ;Ale girl?"

        "None, Mr. Scoresby. ill you join our cil tonig to do?"

        texan blinked o join a ch cil.

        "Id be greatly ; ;I may ion or t;

        All t day t, filling ting flutter of ted in ts or fising ice floes o see tg on a secret tide.

        By evening t from belo fire of all    in front of ten, t ter, ttle scarlet floling among    sat Lee Scoresby, and on , a visitor: tvian ca Skadi.

        So Serafinas surprise. Serafina    Mrs. Coulter beautiful, for a s-life; but Ruta Skadi er, ra dimension of terious, trafficked s, and it sno    Lord Asriel igers.

        Serafinas daemon, Kaisa, a Skadis daemon t sigers o punisartar tribe erritory. it tiger gods, tribe deed into fear and melanco alloo o be rejected empt; fers. Suca Skadi: beautiful, proud, and pitiless.

        Serafina    sure iquette dema Ruta Skadi s on Serafinas rigo speak.

        "Sisters! You kno decide o do about ts. to anot, or live our lives as er our oter of tongue by King lorek Byrnison. S cloud-pine spray at the house of Dr.

        Lanselius: sed, and now she has vanished.

        "e s, s. First ;

        Ruta Skadi stood. e arms gleamed in t; tered s even t che play of expression on her vivid face.

        "Sisters," s;let me tell you     fig knoerium, ts ory— and ts not long by our lives, but its many, many of ts tried to suppress and trol every natural impulse. And    trol t cuts t. Some of you    t Bolvangar. And t    is not t tice. Sisters, you knoraveled in t cut too, as t in t just as    t t t feel. t is rol, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a ,    be on tter range allies o.

        " I propose is t our s join togeto explore t    to be found in our s because ser Lord Asriel already. And Lord Asriel is to tes t does.

        "t is ;

        Ruta Skadi spoke passionately, and Serafina admired y. vian queen sat douro Lee Scoresby.

        "Mr. Scoresby is a friend of t; s;ould you tell us your ts, sir?"

        texan got teness of t er, crouc along her back, her golden eyes half closed.

        "Maam," ;I o t for to me, and teo an aeronaut battered by    came from anot trespass long on your patience.

        "raveling norto Bolvangar ians, told me about somet o live in, ba Oxford. Lord Asriel anislaus Grumman, and t kinda persuaded to give o e nort w had happened.

        "No s I didnt like to question oo muc    t I couldnt reac clearly. I k     I remembered     ungusk    seems t Grumman knes of some kind of object t gives prote to     to belittle t you c tever it is,    outclasses anything Ive ever heard of.

        "And I t I migpone my retirement to texas because of my    for t c those scholars.

        "So Im going to Nova Zembla, ure, but I    see t clear enoug my bullets are    ts task Im going to take on, maam," urning back to Serafina Pekkala. "Im going to seek out Stanislaus Grumman and find out    ake it to Lyra."

        Serafina said, ";

        "No, maam, I o be a fat I uand your question, and youre rig little girl rue parents, and maybe I    f make it up to o do it, and Im ;

        "t; she said.

        And sook off    one of ttle scarlet flo, w been picked.

        take t; s;and w in your o me. I s;

        "; ook ttle floucked it carefully into    pocket.

        "And ; Serafina Pekkala told ;Noers, ;

        tcic, up to a point; every c,    to speak, but only to decide. talk lasted all nige voices for open    once, and some otion, and a fe, suggesting a mission to all tce to join toget time.

        Ruta Skadi agreed , and Serafi out messengers at once. As for ely, Serafina picked out ty of    figo prepare to fly norto t Lord Asriel had opened, and search for Lyra.

        " of you, Queen Ruta Skadi?" Serafina said finally. " are your plans?"

        "I s    seems t too. May I e t part of ter?"

        "You may, and ; said Serafina, wo hey agreed.

        But soon after tco Serafina Pekkala and said, "You ter listen to a Kamainen o say, Queen. Srong, but it migant."

        tca Kamainen—young by dards, t is; s over a ubborn and embarrassed, and ated, flying from o tling again briefly oure. Serafina didnt know her well.

        "Queen," said tco stay silent under Serafinas gaze, "I knoanislaus Grumman. I used to love    I e    if I see    my sister made me tell you."

        Sred at ted    love.

        "ell," said Serafina, "if ill alive, o stay alive until Mr. Scoresby finds ter e o t. Fet a Kamainen. Love makes us suffer. But task of ours is greater t."

        "Yes, Queen," said tch humbly.

        And Serafina Pekkala and y-one panions and Queen Ruta Skadi of Latvia prepared to fly into tch had ever flown before.
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