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PRINCESS HURELLA
Ramble said goodbye to the Kingsmen and left the palace along with Hogwash and Hokum, hearing the great double doors close behind them with a clang. The guards outside tipped their helmets to him, a questioning look in their eyes, but he ignored them and made his way down the steep staircase to the city streets below. He was walking so quickly that again Hogwash and Hokum had trouble keeping up, but before he could reach the bottom, someone called out.
They turned to see a young woman standing there, dressed in a long silken tunic and flowing trousers. Her hair was silver, almost the colour of Lightfoot and Swiftwind's coats, and was so long it reached down to her ankles.
'I'm sorry my father was so rude to you,' she said. 'It seems he's forgotten how you saved me f
