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Kala how to frame his request Get Captain Irriz Alive, but kept quiet Jointo do, and with a beast possessing no language-

The azalan turned suddenly, nostrils twitching The broad, squat head dipped down on its long, thickly muscled neck Down to the tent’s back wall at the base

Where urine froh

A soft cluck, then the demon wheeled about and lifted a hind limb Two penises dropped into view from a fold of flesh

Twin streams reached down to the sodden carpet

Kalah the flap and outside into the chill night air, where he re

A ed Lifted its head to test the air, then surged into the shadows-and was gone

In the direction of the captain’s tent

Kalaht his shuddering under control ‘All right, pup,’ he softly gasped, ‘guess you read my mind’ After a moment he rose into a crouch, reached back with breath held into the tent to retrieve his pack, then staggered towards the cliff-face

A glance back showed stea crackle slowly growing louder from within it

Gods, who needs a vial of Tralb?

He padded swiftly to where the rope still dangled beneath the balcony

A sputtering burst of flames erupted froo unnoticed Hissing a curse, Kalam sprinted for the rope

Shouts rose fro in a strange led squeal

The assassin skidded to a halt at the cliff-face, closed both hands on the rope, and began cli He was halfway up to the balcony when the li out dust Pebbles rained down And a hulking shape was now beside hi to the raw, runnelled rock Tucked under one arm was Irriz, unconscious and in his bedclothes The azalan see the rippled ribbons of shadow as if they were iron rungs Initself over the lip and out of sight