It's asking us our names," Factor reported." I'm Areas!" Areas cried." I'm Factor!" cried Factor. The boy without a name was silent. Atreyu looked at him, then took him by the hand and cried: "He's Bastian Balthazar BUX!"" It asks," Factor translated, "why he doesn't speak for himself."" He can't," said Areas. "He has forgotten everything." Falkor listened again to the roaring of the fountain." Without memory, it says, he cannot come in. The snakes won't let him through." Atreyu replied: "I have stored up everything he told us about himself and his world. I vouch for him." Falkor listened." It wants to know by what right?"" I am his friend," said Areas.

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