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’A beast? What kind of beast, darling?’

The T’lan Ier, perhaps -- forests such as these suit the? By all , strike out on this fated trail -- we shall follow upon your very heels!’

The trenches and tunnel entrances had been well disguised, beneath cedar branches and piles of es the Bridgeburners ht not have found them

Paran made his way dohat he hadracks of weapons -- pikes, halberds, lances, longbows and bundles of arrows -- and alcoves packed solid with food, water and other supplies, until he cae, fortified chamber which the Septarch had clearly intended to be his headquarters

Quick Ben and his h half-circle near the far end, beyond thelike a pack of water-rats who’d just taken over a beaver’s lodge

The captain glanced down at the large painted hide pinned to the tabletop as he strode past, on which the Pannions had conveniently mapped out the entire maze of tunnels and entrenchments, the location of supplies and what kind, the approaches and retreats

’All right,’ Paran said as he joined the ot wise in Coral,’ Quick Ben said, ’and realized that this place should have a co an eye on the city and watched them file out They’ll reach us in a bell’

’A company,’ Paran scowled ’What’s that in Pannion terms?’

’Four hundred Beklites, twenty Urdo and likely a sorcerer’

’And which approaches do you think they’ll use?’

’The three stepped ones,’ Spindle replied, reaching to scratch under his hairshirt ’They go under trees all the way, lots of switchbacks,our positions once we let loose’