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"I rew up in Rhinebeck’s court while Arrick was his herald I’ll visit the Jongleurs’ Guild while we’re there, maybe hire soht," the Painted Man said "We’ll go at first s of the htness of the surface, and twice took shelter in the Core for all but the darkest hours of the night It was now the night after new ht to the demon’s corespawned eyes When it returned to the Core, it would not rise again until the cursed orb waxed and waned a full turn
The greatward of Deliverer’s Hollow ca like a beacon The ht, and its forehead pulsed as it sent the i in the mind of its brother
A reply ca with its brother’s frustration
The mimic landed silently, and the s and beca ahead to ensure that the path of the coreling prince was clear as it e toprince to overco around the village--a barrier hts, the soft nodules on its craniu as it tried to touch the ic blocked eventhe terrain around the twists and turns of the ward A strong defense with feeaknesses, and those not easily exploited Drones drifted out of the trees, drawn to the coreling prince’s presence, but a thought drove them off
It found a place where two hue of the ward, armed with prirunts and yelps, waiting for a particular intonation that signaled address It ca to walk the edge in different directions, their weapons at the ready
Thein an isolated spot until the wonaled theaway to be replaced by pink skin and the outer wrappings of the surface stock
The round in the shadows just outside the forbidding as the elder female approached It cried the elder feer female as its form "Mala!"
"Wonda?" its chosen victi no demons, she ran to what she assuet out here?"
The asped, raising her bow The nodules on the coreling prince’s craniu her weapon against her will The mind demon approached, and the female held out the projectile she had meant to launch for its inspection
The wards on the projectile were powerfully shaped; the ic It waved a taloned hand at thelow even with its flesh still inches away
The de through ie in an old trunk It learned much; too much to act upon without further consideration
It was hours before dawn, but already the sky was brightening Far to the south, it sensed its brother’s agreement There was tiarded the female It could steal the me never knohat had happened--but the touch of the huer
Sensing its master’s desire, the miht the prize and slithered over, peeling the skull open with a talon to present the rayitself The norant brains of its personal stock, but there was a satisfaction to hunting on the surface that added pleasure to the repast