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Chapter 1. Flint awoke with his heart pounding, as if he had run laps around Tazmily in his sleep. He sat up too quickly; Flint sat dazed for a moment until the dizziness passed, and his sheets fell down to his waist.  It was warm enough in the room where he slept that he felt like he might as well have fallen asleep with his warmest clothes on.  But nothing seemed out of place.  He couldn't place the cause of the dread building in the base of his stomach. The other half of his shared bed was empty. # Tazmily seemed further away today, and the sun felt hotter.  Usually, a sea breeze blew in from the south, keeping the village cool ev