Deirane obeyed the Bawck"s injunctions, she dared not move. The Bawck was too far away; she tried to focus her gaze on him until her eyes hurt. He finally reappeared in her field of vision.
The shaman placed a stove at the height of her head. He placed a clay cup full of water above the stove. While chanting incantations, he poured a few drops from a small colored glass vial. Immediately, a heady-smelling vapor spread around them. It had a soothing effect on Deirane. All fear gradually left her, she relaxed, her muscles loosened, then softened completely. She felt like she was floating in the air.
With his index finger, he began to draw magical symbols on the girl"s body. If it weren"t for the drugs he had made her breathe in, she would have flinched. As she was, she paid no attention to
