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With a steady wind, the “Agena” was flying southwards. Already in the dawn of the fourth morning the cliffs of the Baritines rose out of the haze – a karstified archipelago of volcanic origin, where hardly more than a few mosses held out. Only two of the islands had a significant vegetation of grasses and trees. None of them were inhabited.
The gaze out of the window of her cabin told Nanja she still had time for a sumptuous breakfast. As well as a generous ration of water the elves had given them flour, eggs and fresh fruit, so that Lert enthusiastically spoiled the crew with fresh bread and Nanja with pancakes. At some point he would settle on the Floating Islands and run his own inn. One day, when he had found a mate...
They had already passed the first two islands when she eventua
