"Defeat Aava, learn the secret of this universe and destroy it, and you
may return."
"Aava. You called him the Green Flame. Where can I find him?"
Thor caught a flicker of humor in the thoughts that flooded his brain.
"Would you see Aava? I will show him to you. Lie down, on your back.
So. I warn you, control your thoughts. If Aava suspects he is watched,
you are doomed."
Karola pressed his arm against her warm side. Her violet eyes glared in
fear out of the white, lovely face. Her scarlet mouth begged, "Do not
do it, Thor. I beg you. I am afraid."
"There is nothing to fear. The Discoverer sounds as if he knows what
he's doing. And you _do_ want to go back to Klogor, don't you?"
The girl flushed so that a delicate pale rose flooded her neck and
cheeks. Her violet eyes were brilliant as her torrent of gold hair
seemed to gather new brightness from the sun.
"I am not sure. It is a nice life, this roaming in open air, across
great prairies."