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And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and / seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names / of blasphemy... and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, / and great authority. / -- Revelations 13: 1.
Elak's wet hand crept to his rapier. There had been no menace in the whisper, but it was strangely -- inhuman. And the silhouette he had seen was not that of any earthly woman.