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I grinned. Then the grin fell away. I pulled her very tightly against me, held her there. Set my face into her hair. Told her I loved her. In uplander, downlander, Northern, Southron, Desert, and every tongue in between. All the tongues of the world. It took a long time. Del did not complain."