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'= legions hav*(e b(een brou! "`(A
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#nl=y two weeks m %]ar',c*h awa;y _but the mo+-$unt#>+ains swarm with]: P  a#&=/rthian patrols. Noreno, a half-Roma\> n, is%

entrusted !#the mission of _ )crossing th*%e mo^@!untains to ask ...