Toby and Quath move quickly, soon leaving the city of the dwarves far behind. Quath objects that this is a dangerous thing to do. Quath persists, saying, "In the descriptions of this place, which I attended and you regrettably did not, there were severe warnings. I do not quite understand the nature of these prohibitions but they seem to reflect the inherent [untranslatable]" Shibo whispers in Toby's brain that his family obligation is to find Abraham.
The ground begins to twist and slip beneath Toby's boots. Quath tries to explain that the motion is the effect of the stochasticity, the "time-spun evolution of the esty." The wind blows them along a plain, into a region of.....
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