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After Zann left, Fala went back upstairs

赞恩离开后，法拉回到了楼上。

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Teplo busied himself reading some papers. Perda finished the food Fala had conjured and looked around, feeling restless and worried about Zann

特普洛忙着看一些文件。佩尔达吃完了法拉变出的食物，四处张望，感到不安并为赞恩担心。

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" I wish we could do something useful," she told Darb." I hate just sitting here."

“真希望我们能做点有用的事，”她对达布说，“我讨厌就这么干坐着。”

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Darb didn't answer. He was staring into space. Perda poked him in the arm

达布没有回答，他正发着呆。佩尔达戳了戳他的胳膊。

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" Huh?" he said." Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about Zing. I hope he's okay."

“嗯？”他说，“哦，抱歉。我刚才在想晶晶。希望他没事。”

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" I'm sure he's fine," Perda said." I wish we could get him back though."

“我肯定他很好，”佩尔达说，“不过，我真希望能把他找回来。”

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Teplo looked over." Who are you talking about?"

特普洛看过来：“你们在说谁？”

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" Zann's pet dragon," Perda said." Remember? We told you the palace people took him away when he tried to burn down the door."

“赞恩的宠物龙，”佩尔达说，“记得吗？我们告诉过你，他因为想烧掉门，被王宫的人带走了。”

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Teplo's face lit up." I think I can help."

特普洛眼睛一亮：“我想我能帮忙。”

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He let out a sharp whistle. A moment later they heard a rustle of feathers from a dark corner of the room

他吹了一声尖锐的口哨。片刻后，他们听到房间黑暗的角落里传来羽毛的沙沙声。

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Then a large waterfowl waddled into view

然后一只大型水禽蹒跚着进入了视线。

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" What's that?" Darb took a step toward the creature

“那是什么？”达布向那只生物走近了一步。

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" Careful," Teplo said as the bird snapped at Darb

“小心，”特普洛说，这时那只鸟猛地啄向达布。

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" She's rather foul-tempered. She's a sniffer goose."

“她的脾气相当暴躁。她是一只嗅探鹅。”

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" A what?" Darb looked confused." I've never heard of that species. Where do they come from?"

“一只什么？”达布一脸困惑。“我从没听说过这个物种。它们来自哪里？”

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" A sniffer goose is a creature whose entire purpose is tracking dragons," Teplo said

“嗅探鹅是一种专门追踪龙的生物，”特普洛说。

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" If you describe Zann's dragon, she should be able to retrieve him."

“如果你描述一下赞恩的龙，她应该能找到他。”

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Perda noticed that the old man hadn't answered Darb's question about where the sniffer goose was from

佩尔达注意到老人没有回答达布关于嗅探鹅来自哪里的问题。

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But she didn't really care. If they could get Zing back, Zann would be thrilled

但她并不真的在意。如果能把晶晶找回来，赞恩会非常开心的。

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" Zing's a fire whistler," she said." He's kind of small, with reddish-bronze scales."

“晶晶是一只火焰鸣龙，”她说。“他体型较小，长着红铜色的鳞片。”

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She and Darb went on to describe Zing as well as they could

她和达布接着尽力描述了晶晶。

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Teplo listened and translated their description into a series of whistles, grunts, and clicks

特普洛听着，将他们的描述翻译成一系列的口哨声、哼哼声和咔嗒声。

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The goose tilted her head and listened

鹅歪着头倾听着。

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" You speak this bird's language?" Darb asked, looking impressed

“你会说这种鸟的语言？”达布问道，看上去很佩服。

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" I speak sniffer goose well enough to get by." Teplo shrugged

“我说嗅探鹅的话足够应付了。”特普洛耸耸肩。

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" It's an easy language to learn. It's even simpler than Troll, and just about anyone can learn that with little trouble."

“这是一种容易学的语言。它甚至比巨魔语还简单，而巨魔语几乎人人都能轻松学会。”

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" If you say so." Perda watched the bird." Now what happens?"

“随你怎么说吧。”佩尔达盯着那只鸟。“现在会怎样？”

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" Go, my feathered friend!" Teplo fluttered his hands at the goose and let out a honk

“去吧，我的羽毛朋友！”特普洛朝着鹅挥动双手，发出了一声鹅叫。

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The sniffer goose honked loudly in reply and flapped her wings

嗅探鹅大声叫着回应，并扇动着翅膀。

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Teplo pulled on a lever, opening the trapdoor

特普洛拉动一根杆子，打开了活板门。

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Honking eagerly, the goose flew up and out

鹅急切地叫着，飞了上去，飞了出去。

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Teplo closed the trapdoor and smiled at the kids." Now we wait."

特普洛关上活板门，对孩子们笑了笑。“现在我们等着。”

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" Who are you?" Zann asked as he floated along behind the mysterious people." Where are you taking me?"

“你们是谁？”赞恩飘在神秘人身后，问道，“你们要带我去哪儿？”

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" Hurry." One of the people shoved Zann's bubble through a doorway

“快点。”其中一个人把赞恩的泡泡推进了一道门。

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The bubble touched down and faded, and Zann found himself in a windowless room, face to face with Yog

泡泡落地消散，赞恩发现自己在一个没有窗户的房间里，与约格面对面。

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Zann gasped." Did you come to take me back to the palace?"

赞恩倒吸了一口气。“你是来带我回宫殿的吗？”

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Yog grinned at him." Not exactly. But you should have seen Rixa's face when she found out that you four were gone!"

约格对他咧嘴一笑。“不完全是。但你真该看看瑞莎发现你们四个不见了时的表情！”

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Zann was confused. He glanced at the others, but he didn't recognize any of them." Then why — "

赞恩很困惑。他看了看其他人，但一个也不认识。“那为什么——”

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" Zann!" a woman's voice interrupted." It's a pleasure to meet you."

“赞恩！”一个女人的声音打断了他。“很高兴见到你。”

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Zann turned around. A tall, imposing woman had just entered

赞恩转过身。一位高大威严的女人刚刚走了进来。

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" This is Venna," Yog said." She's one of the few remaining free members of the Red Council."

“这位是维娜，”约格说，“她是赤红议会仅存的几位自由成员之一。”

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Zann had heard of Venna, one of the strongest Magic Masters of her generation

赞恩听说过维娜，她是同辈中最强的魔法大师之一。

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" Nice to meet you too," he said

“我也很高兴见到你。”他说。

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" Sorry we had to grab you off the street like that, Zann," Venna said

“抱歉，我们不得不那样把你从街上请来，赞恩。”维娜说。

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" But it's not safe for you out there

“但你在外面不安全。”

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When I got Teplo's message, I immediately sent my associates to fetch you

我一收到特普洛的消息，就立刻派人去接你了。”

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On their way they spotted you and decided to intercept you before the trolls did."

“他们在路上发现了你，于是决定赶在巨魔之前拦住你。”

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" I was fine," Zann protested

“我没事的。”赞恩不服气地说。

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" Indeed," Venna said." I'm thrilled that you've eluded the trolls this long

“的确，”维娜说，“你能避开巨魔这么久，我真为你高兴。”

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You must be just as talented as Boz and your parents."

“你的天赋一定不输柏兹和你父母。”

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" My parents?" Zann said." Do — did you know them?"

“我的父母？”赞恩说。“你——你认识他们？”

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" Of course! Everyone in First City knew of their fascinating research and mourned the loss of their genius."

“当然！第一城的每个人都知道他们迷人的研究，也为失去他们的才华而哀悼。”

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Zann wasn't sure what to say to that

赞恩不知道对此该说什么。

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Luckily Venna didn't seem to expect him to say anything

幸运的是，维娜似乎没指望他说什么。

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" That's why I'm so confident you're the right choice," she said

“这就是为什么我如此确信，你是正确的选择。”她说。

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" The right choice for what?" Zann asked

“正确的选择做什么？”赞恩问。

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Venna smiled." To become the next king of Magica."

维娜微笑了。“成为下一任马吉卡国王。”

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" What do you want?" Morb snapped at the troll who had just entered." Can't you see that I'm busy?"

“你想干什么？”莫布对着刚进来的巨魔厉声说道。“没看见我正忙着吗？”

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The troll didn't respond for a moment

巨魔一时没有回应。

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It stared at Morb's new contraption, fear in its dull eyes

它盯着莫布的新奇装置，呆滞的眼睛里充满了恐惧。

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" Well?" Morb said impatiently

“嗯？”莫布不耐烦地说。

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The troll finally looked at him and let out a grunt

巨魔终于看向他，发出了一声咕哝。

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An image formed briefly above its head and then sputtered out

一个图像在它头顶短暂形成，然后就破碎消失了。

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Morb frowned." Was that the boy — Boz's grandson?" he demanded." Did you idiots finally capture him?"

莫布皱起了眉头。“那是那个男孩——博兹的孙子吗？”他质问道。“你们这些白痴终于抓到他了？”

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The troll shook its head. Another puff of magical energy showed Zann with a crown on his head

巨魔摇了摇头。另一股魔法能量显示出赞恩头上戴着一顶王冠。

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" What?" Morb exclaimed." They're making him king? Impossible!"

“什么？”莫布惊叫道。“他们要让他当国王？不可能！”

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The troll grunted, but Morb had never bothered to learn its language

巨魔咕哝着，但莫布从未费心去学它的语言。

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Morb was tempted to stop what he was doing to find out more but he decided against it. Soon it wouldn't matter

莫布很想停下手中的事去了解更多，但他放弃了这个念头。很快，这一切都无关紧要了。

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Morb looked at his contraption with satisfaction

莫布满意地看着他的装置。

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The pythons the old woman had brought were writhing in a large glass tube in the middle

那个老妇人带来的巨蟒正在中央的一个大玻璃管里扭动。

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The bone-and-wire frame filled most of the space in the underground room

骨头和金属丝构成的框架填满了这间地下室的大部分空间。

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Soon, very soon now, it would be time to move it to a larger location, and Morb had a particular spot in mind

很快，就快了，是时候把它转移到一个更大的地方了，莫布心里已经有了一个特定的地点。

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There Morb would have more space to work

在那里，莫布会有更大的工作空间。

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There he would be able to find the few remaining parts he needed

在那里，他可以找到他需要的最后几个零件。