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‘In the Pit,’ says Ther district’

‘Is this the sas ‘Does it matter? It’s hellish Why do you care if it matches your priel with the brown-and-yelloings snorts ‘We don’t We’re the prey’

That doesn’t sound good ‘What are you?’ I ask I’ they’re Raffe’s Watchers, but better to be sure ‘You don’t look like angels, and you don’t look like’ What do I really know about what de ourselves,’ says the one with the brown-and-yelloings He e to me ‘We are the newly Fallen The Watchers, to be precise And probably your executioners Not that it’ll take et the point I’m Howler’

Howler points to the one with black feathers and brown skin ‘That’s Hawk’ He points to the one with blue-tinged feathers, then to several others ‘Ther you is Cyclone’ He looks around at the others There are too many to introduce them all, not that I’d remember their names ‘Do we care who she is?’

‘Sure,’ says Flyer ‘Maybe it’ll give us so to think about e’re bored out of our minds for the next ive theel slayer’

It sounds kind of ridiculous now that I’ve said it It sounded better in my head, but whatever

For a moment, they all stare at

Howler curls over his left ribs with his hands protectively covering theh That hurts’

Cyclone chuckles behindmy scalp tender ‘Holy Mother of God, I didn’t realize I could laugh any tiel slayer, huh?’ asks Howler

‘Well, that was great,’ says Beliel, who apparently is Big B ‘Can we eat her now?’

‘He’s got a point,’ says Little B ‘I can’t remember the last time we had a full e all this healing--’

Sorabs him – a tentacle? – and yanks hi, but he can’t get loose

It drags hi his head and shoulders on jagged frag the way