A shudder went through the disc and the edge upon which Malleus stood rose into the air by a full metre. There were cries from Carious and the others as they tried to retain their balance, stop themselves falling into the waters. Malleus fell to his knees and gripped the raised edge of the disc to prevent himself slipping down the surface. Only Selene was safe; her arms were free but her legs were still secured to the chair. She appeared not to be aware of what was going on. She was studying her hand, holding it to the bright sky in apparent wonder.
The disc fell back to level, but continued to skip and buck arrhythmically, and Malleus finally understood what was happening. As a boy, his parents had once taken him on a tourist boat from Zandia, so far out into the blue waters of the Cradl
