![]() ![]() Deryn convinces Volger to desist, so as not to shake the confidence of Alek, who admires her as a boy. Count Volger tries to expose her gender unless she discloses the imperial message. Deryn nearly confesses her secret to Alek, but then says she cannot, and claims a fencing lesson. Alek goes with Deryn, and there Dr Barlow tells them to take the bird to the rookery and feed iTACOt. A message lizard sends Deryn to the bridge and Newkirk to the cargo deck. A two-headed messenger eagle from the czar heads towards the bridge, interrupting their discussion. Alek mentions Deryn's father was an airman, but Newkirk says that the airman was Deryn's uncle. As the airship Leviathan travels over Russia, Aleksandar, Deryn, and Newkirk are in the middy's mess with the perspicacious loris Bovril, talking about great circle routes. ![]()
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