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Vysogota's daughter, Ciri lures her pursuers onto a frozen lake, then strikes out of the fog. Skellen's band panics and scatters, while Rience is killed. Bonhart hangs back on the shore of the lake, expecting to capture Ciri, but to his shock, the mythical Tower of the Swallow
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