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’I can do that, Captain, but I’et us there, Wizard Where’s Spin?’ Paran looked back at the others, nodded when he found the man ’Wait here’ The captain hurried to where Spindle crouched with the other sappers, reached out and dragged hie, you’ll have to do without this rinned ’What a relief, Captain’

’Hey!’

’Quiet, Spindle’ Paran pulled hiot in mind?’ the wizard asked as soon as they arrived

’In a moment Quick, those condors -- what precisely are they?’

’Not sure, sir’

’Not what I want to hear, Wizard Try again’

’All right, I think they once were real condors -- sured out a way of stuffing the birds-’

’Stuffing the birds, ha!’ Spindle snickered

Quick Ben reached out and cuffed the ain, Spin Demons, Captain Possession Chaos-aspected, which is why their bodies can’t quite hold it all’

’So, demon and bird both’

’One the master over the other, of course’

’Of course Nohich one does the flying?’

’Well, the condor…’ Quick Ben’s eyes narrowed He glanced at Spindle, then grinned ’Well, hey,on about?’

’You hoarding any munitions, Spindle?’ Paran asked

’Six sharpers’

’Good, in case this goes wrong’

They turned at a hissed co across the street to pull up at the base of the compound wall Hooks and ropes were readied

’Dah that as -- how are they-’

’Look again, sir,’ Quick Ben said ’Toes is with them’

’So?’