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The thing was so big that it should’ve been able to shake hainst its leathery side, I flipped the rhino-bull over onto its back It wriggled and wailed, and I struggled to keep it down

Cood, you should be able to take down one lousy ical beast

As if sensingat e horns

“Hold still,” I grunted, pinning it down again “You know I don’t want to kill you”

I y intodown over the beast’s face The an to close The tension faded from its body until it finally went completely limp

Whew

I fell back onto ently “See?” I whispered “You could’ve just taken a nap in the first place, and everything would’ve been fine Now you’ll have to lay here for a couple days before the spell breaks That’s what you get forwith shit you don’t understand”

And that I don’t understand

I didn’t bother saying that part out loud to the rhino-bull The thing was passed out cold anyway, and besides, it wouldn’t have been the most sympathetic confidant even if it were awake

Grunting, I pushed the beast off ofthe dirt and leaves off my pants

The snap of a twig in the distance made my head snap up, and I looked around quickly, nify the noises fro as they charged toward my location

Ah, fuck I’d made too much noise

From the little snippets of words I could pick up, they didn’t see for, but they knew there was an intruder outside the city of the gods The godly realh alert recently, but I wasn’t sure whether it was because of me or not