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A wave of feeling, calm and content, washes over you. Somehow, you know it originates from the gold device in your hands. You decide to concentrate upon one of the guards outside.

Hey! You! you project, with an image of Trullo in your mind. And you receive a feeling of confusion in response.

"Did you hear that?" says one of the voices.

"What?" says the other.

Both of you! you think, now at both guards together. Get down here!

And there is a feeling of fear and surprise, and you hear quick footsteps moving away.

It's trivial for you to avoid the guards now. In the chaos that has become all too familiar here today, you slip outside.

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