“I can’t help you, Little Horse,” she said in a stifled voice. “I don’t have anything…” Except magic. I’m an enchantress. She stood up and held out a hand. Nothing happened. She needed a great deal of magical energy, but there wasn’t a trace of any here. She hadn’t expected that. It astonished her. But wait, there are water veins everywhere! She took a few paces, first in one direction and then in the other. She began to walk around in a circle. She stepped backwards. Nothing. “You damned desert!” she shouted, shaking her fists. “There’s nothing in you! No water and no magic! And magic was
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