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Sa No Lana The crew had all disappeared

Quinn had grabbed an oar and was sain and again, s away, and yet the creature lived

Suddenly a rush of wind and Brianna stood at the end of the dock, vibrating, covered with gore "About time you showed up" She fell silent as she realized as happening to Dekka "What the--"

"Breeze: Lana Now! NOW!" Saot toI got to see her again," Dekka chattered

"Don’t give up on ive up onwildly, her entire body was in spas to doJust hold her down Hold her down noone last ti anywhere He dropped to his knees and held Dekka’s shoulders

"What are you doing?" Quinn asked

"Surgery," Saht, as focused as a laser, sliced through Dekka’s clothing and skin

Brianna found Lana retreating with Sanjit toward the eastern edge of town

"Lana!"

"You’re alive!" Lana said "The kids?"

"A lot dead," Brianna gasped "A lot ," Lana said and started to trot back toward the plaza

"Yeah Wrong way and too slow," Brianna said "Give me your hand You can heal yourself later"

Brianna took off, dragging Lana, who instantly tripped She dragged the Healer the rest of the way down the street, then down the length of the beach

Dragging her, Brianna couldn’t do anything like full speed, but she could s were scraped raw by the time Brianna yanked her to her feet at the end of the dock

"Got her!" Brianna announced Then, "What are you doing?"

Sam’s face was a mask of horror He had sliced Dekka open frohterhouseout of her

Quinn snatched at the bugs and tossed them from the boat into the water He was elbow-deep in blood