crus of Metatron, grinding ogetrying to ignore t were landing on his skull and his neck.

    But to tell. And as Lord Asriel tried to keep ing on ttering o tatron -sized rock, and no doal force on t of Lord Asriels skull. t t eac anot  till clung fast, t , and stumbled for a footing among tured rocks.

    And as Metatron raised tone o a treetop, and teeto ttered down

    toatron s o left and rigrying to dislodge t teetail, and ter gat ing o s movement.

    Metatron  . Nor was he abyss.

    And by noo   a little more . ogetight and drag down.

    ter found to his eyes.

    Metatron cried out. From far off across t cavern, eco cliff, doubling and diminisant gs to pause in their endless procession and look up.

    And Stelmaria t effort and leapt for t.

    Metatron fell to er, falling  ing o eeth.

    And noumbling and rocks falling, and tcearing, and t t at t Metatron forced  effort spread bot  beat doer atron ig . t go…

    But tatron would escape.

    quot;Marisa! Marisa!quot;

    torn from Lord Asriel, and ood and found ing and leapt , to  ting ogeto the abyss.

    ts ion of dismay, and t  once.

    ill sprang for of t a little kick on ialys leapt off and landed on t, seizing ure o t one looked stupidly at tump of   fell. A second later t. ill felt times beats, and pulled it out before t could t it away in falling.

    red as t Lyra was un beside  hing in his mind.

    quot;tialys! tialys!quot; eet cliff-gs ialys ing still,