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The night vision scope wasn't necessary She switched it off and used her binoculars in daywith an intense violet light Dead trolls were scattered around

At first she thought they were the old guard Then she realised that couldn't be right The bodies belonged to the trolls who had vaporised the pod with their ray guns They had reacted autoed from blue to pink and had suffered the inevitable consequences of being too close to their target

No one spoke The northern fairy's head was still covered The display of weapon poas sobering Most people saw it on television but few experienced it in real life and lived to tell the tale

The sratulate Allain Liala was pleased that he was the centre of attention In the exciteotten about her and Bryn She crawled towards him and their handsLiala srease and other old-world substances needed to keep old-world vehicles running There was nothing like it in the palace Pods didn't need grease and they were maintained by palace trolls, not by people

Bryn knew a lot about vehicle ht find a nice quiet place where they could spend the night out of sight of Allain and anyone else whoto know one another better

A quick search took thes that stopped trucks iggles and heavy breathing co from other roo

Bryn seemed embarrassed by the noise Liala noticed that the women made more than the men and wondered if they enjoyed sex uessed she would learn more about that later

They laid out their bedrolls in a narrow gap between some boxes There wasn't room for both so one went on top of the other Liala undid the fasteners on her coat and pulled it off It had been caked with snoas dripping wet So was Bryn's She threw them to one side and peeled off her woollen sweater

'We could be dead tomorrow, Bryn'

'Youto take part'

'Allain says you '

'He didn't say that about you'