beyond the circles of firelight a large number of plains people had gathered ; druidic festivals were always popular , especially when things went wrong . rincewind stared at them . ` what 's going on ? ' ` oh , well , ' said twoflower enthusiastically , ` apparently there 's this ceremony dating back for thousands of years to celebrate the , um , rebirth of the moon , or possibly the sun . no , i 'm pretty certain it 's the moon

`` having an eye for beauty is n't the same thing as a weakness , '' peeta points out . `` except possibly when it comes to you . '' the music is beginning and i see the wide doors opening for the first chariot , hear the roar of the crowd . `` shall we ? '' he holds out a hand to help me into the chariot

go ahead and i 'll work on the straps . '' he looked down at the orange and scratched his head . `` yes , that 's fine ... go to your gathering and ... we can talk when you get back . '' he looked back up at torus and seemed slightly cofused . `` okay ? '' `` yeah , that 's great , thanks , '' said torus

asked little ` s ' , falling back into his intelligence officer role . `` no , they never discussed their personal lives ... . except once when one of them was giving me some work assignments -- he -lrb- it -rrb- slipped and said they had come to earth before . '' `` when ? how many times ? '' `` he did n't say -- but i could tell by the way he acted i was n't supposed to know that
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