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..C..4.....V. BELOW YOU, THE DAZIKAR HAS
RESUMED ITS DIET OF PARCHMENT, PAPYRUS,
AND VELLUM. IT CANNOT CLIMB THE STAIRS,
BUT IT BLOCKS YOUR DESCENT.. BELOW YOU,
IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM, IS THE HOLE
INTO WHICH THE WOUNDED DAZIKAR HAS RETRE
ATED.. ARE ON THE MEZZANINE OF THE LIBRA
RY, A NARROW WALKWAY THAT ENCIRCLES THE
MAIN ROOM. NEAR YOU IS A LOCKED WINDOW,
THROUGH WHICH YOU SEE A LAKE AND A DISTA
NT ISLAND. THERE ARE BOOKS ON THE SHELVE
S ALL AROUND YOU, INCLUDING LARGE, HEAVY
VOLUMES OF "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA FANTASTICA
." ANOTHER, UNTITLED BOOK, WITH A WOLF'S
TOOTH EMBOSSED ON ITS COVER, IS ON A TA
BLE NEARBY. A LOCK SECURES IT. IT IS THE
BOOK OF WHICH EPHRION SPOKE..YOU HOLD I
N YOUR HANDS A VERY HEAVY VOLUME OF "THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA FANTASTICA.".IT IS WRITTEN
IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE FAR WESTLANDS, W
HICH YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND..YOU DROP "TH
E ENCYCLOPEDIA FANTASTICA" OVER THE MEZZ
ANINE'S EDGE. IT FALLS ON THE DAZIKAR'S
HEAD, CAUSING IT TO QUICKLY SCUTTLE BACK
INTO ITS HOLE..YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BOOK
..THE SKELETON KEY FITS THE LOCK, AND TH
E BOOK OPENS!.YOU DESCEND THE STAIRS. TH
E DAZIKAR RENEWS ITS ONSLAUGHT. HAWKWIND
USES WITH HIS SWORD, BUT THE DAZIKAR'S
ARMOR IS TOO TOUGH TO PIERCE. IT SEIZES,
FIRST HAWKWIND, AND THEN YOU, IN ITS CL
AWS, AND LIFTS YOU OVER ITS HEAD. ITS TA
IL ARCHES TOWARD YOU AND STINGS YOU. ALL
GOES BLACK..HAWKWIND LEAPS FORWARD, WIT
H A CRY. THE STARSWORD CUTS THROUGH THE
DAZIKAR'S CHITINOUS ARMOR, AND A GREEN I
CHOR SPOUTS FROM THE WOUND. THE DAZIKAR
SCUTTLES BACK INTO THE HOLE FROM WHENCE
IT CAME..ISLND.BOOK.HAWK.TWO ARE TOO HEA
VY TO HOLD. YOU ALREADY HAVE A VOLUME..Y
OU DO NOT HAVE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA..YOU CAN
'T OPEN THE WINDOW..ON WHAT?.THAT DOESN'
T HELP..YOU LOOK THROUGH THE BOOK..THE B
OOK IS LOCKED..THE BOOK IS UNLOCKED..WHI
CH KEY?.THE JADE KEY IS TOO LARGE..YOU H
AVE NO KEY..YOU HAVE NO SKELETON KEY..TH
E JADE KEY IS TOO LARGE..YOU DO NOT HAVE
A JADE KEY..YOU DO NOT HAVE A . KEY..WH
AT WILL YOU USE?.YOU DO NOT HAVE THE STA
RSWORD..IT WILL NOT CUT THE LOCK..YOU SL
ICE THE LOCK OPEN..THAT DOES NOT HELP..Y
OU DO NOT HAVE THE STARSWORD..IT WILL NO
T CUT THE LOCK..YOU SLICE THE LOCK OPEN.
.WITH WHAT?.YOUR ACTIONS ARE FUTILE..YOU
CAN'T OPEN THE WINDOW..YOU DO NOT HAVE
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA..IT LANDS AT YOUR FEET
WITH A THUD..DAZIKAR HAS ALREADY RETREAT
ED..USE THE STARSWORD ON WHAT?.YOU DO NO
T HAVE A WORKING STARSWORD..YOU DO NOT H
AVE A STARSWORD..YOU CIRCLE THE MEZZANIN
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