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The guards look at you with distrust in their eyes. They order you to dismount, and one of them hurries off to fetch the gatehouse commander. Minutes later the officer strides into the enclosure, his face wearing the frown of a man who has gone without sleep for many nights. Wearily he casts his eye over you both. ‘So you want to fight for Tahou, do you?’ he says, sarcastically. ‘How do I know you’re not spies or saboteurs?’

If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Invisibility, turn to 42.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 109.