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He looked down fro valley that was their village Sandy paths topped the concentric rings of stone that for strea in these streareen blobs sca was apparently one of their very few a the others But above both of these, they see Under the shade of their lean-tos, a in from the forest that loomed over their valley, in the half-drowned sandy bottoe; it didn’t matter where they happened to fall, the Owauku had turned laziness into an art form

And because of this, Dreadaeleon found hie had come from The stone circles were far too s born from nature The waterfalls did not trickle of their own accord, but were fed into their streams and pools from aqueducts and trenches that undoubtedly had requiredtime to carve from the rock But the creatures scarcely seemed to have the attention span required to carve a slur into a coconut, much less hew this marvel of sand and stone and strea as he dared until he heard the un, anyway; the Owauku’s language tended to blend salutations, curses and propositions into rereen blobs becalobes as they all looked up at hies waving at hirin and ere equally meek as he noted with no undue relief that only the Owauku demanded such a reaction

The Gonere e of the lankier bearded lizards walking amidst the sandy pathways, either Very rarely did the n to notice their companions’ presence, and when they did it was only with a e and a downturn of their eyes

Side by side with the Owauku, they didn’t look particularly strange, and their sether, they soaked in the dozens of pools that lined the rising sandy ridges in the valley, each one fed by gently trickling waterfalls, flowing swiftly fro cascading droplets against the damp earth and …

His eyes widened as he felt a sudden warh

‘Oh, co back to the hut’s wall

The effects of an overuse of Venarie were rando from pink sweat to instantaneous internal combustion, swiftly followed by external coered about the occasional bout of extreence that resulted in spontaneous herrowth of tails, fins, horns and extra ht to be pleased that an uncontrollable bladder was all that he suffered

And he was, indeed, pleased up until the moment he heard a familiarly unpleasant voice behind him

‘Well, well,’ the distinctly arden, are you?’

He whirled about, seeing his horrified visage reflected in Denaos’ broad, white grin The tall man folded his arms over his naked chest and canted his head to the side at the boy, the wrinkled lines in his face suddenly giving hie

‘I’ a chuckle, ‘but you won’t be growing any daffodils with the fertiliser you’re using’

‘How long have you been standing there?’ Dreadaeleon demanded, painfully aware of the startled crack in his voice

‘You’re never happy to see me anymore’

‘Possibly because you watch people while they urinate for purposes I cannot begin to even summon the will to fathoue replied with a shrug

‘I don’t follow’

‘Well, see, a felloho can sneak up on you and put steel in your kidneys while you’re not looking is just unpleasant A felloho can do all that while you’re indulging your glittering wine?’ His grin took on an exceedingly unpleasant quality ‘Well, there’s a man to be scared of’

‘I suppose I should have clarified,’ Dreadaeleona hand, ‘I don’t want to follow Go away’

‘I don’t see why I should,’ Denaos replied ‘You’re doing well enough’

‘Did you takewatched?’ the boy growled

‘Well, no’ The rogue chuckled ‘That would be weird’ He cleared his throat ‘Anyway,you what?’

‘Why, precisely, you go wherever you please? Being ast half-naked reptiles is hardly an excuse to cast modesty to the wind’

‘It’s not your place to know’

‘It isto go explode in soht to know’