THE BLUE FEATHER
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they vaguely could make out in the distance. However, they
were unable, from a distance of more than thirty meters, to see
what glyphs were carved into the one-meter tall lintels over each
of the doors.
“Why are we stopped?” asked Lena from behind Tital.
“There is a break in the floor. It’s about two meters wide, big
enough to fall into,” Tital told her, as he was looking for the
bottom of the chasm, and not finding it. “We’ll have to float
across to the other side, and to float the horses, too. So be
careful. I’ll go first.” Tital concentrated, and floated himself,
Brilloso, Centella, and Lentito all safely across the bottomless pit.
He turned and aimed his finger at Lena and Cenit. They both
joined him, while Bardala and Belleza were next to cross.
As Ronú and his horse, Prieto, floated across, Lena said
behind him, “I think I have