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Skori got one good shot with his cannon before a stray butcher knife nailed hi it useless by way of a plas the arm down to the endoskeleton Skori cried out, but more in shock than pain, as he jerked his mai the crowd needed

"Skori!" Mericlou screah a corner , despite Tescadji's protestations, as she witnessed the retaliatingatop her wounded brother

It proved fortunate that huth, and Skori subsequently proved that he could more than hold his own Severaldolls, but not without Skori taking dae of his own Cuts marred his face, and his formerly pin-neat clothes were charred, ripped, and splattered with a combination of their blood and his own

Aldrec would have helped; he wantedto come to Skori's rescue, but the sudden press of the mob had him busy with his own problems of the self-defense variety He was unfortunately, not immune to the wrath of the press, and had been met with his own offensive wave before he had a chance to retaliate

"Retalce!" He hissed, su back the crowd quickly and efficiently, giving hi he needed to at last help the android

"Rettej! Rettej!" Aldrec thundered, the spell casting the knot of huht Skori as he sluround, but not before a shot from a bolt caster had hit him in the arm Aldrec wailed in pain, and fell to one knee, but adrenaline kept his wits about hi a protective spell by sheer will as he ran back to the relative safety of the house The th of the android and the ic of the elf, had retreated for thehumans, who viciously threw lead pipes and bottles to no avail

"Hurry, chief, start the spell," Tescadji said to Jenius as he rushed the two in, and shut the door, barricading it with the sofa Aldrec, once inside, collapsed to the floor,in pain from the bolt caster wound, but so covered with blood from Skori, there was no way to tell whose blood hose

"Aldrec …" Mericloubetween the two, joined soon afterwards by Krako, who sniffed and licked at Aldrec, like a dog pining for its master