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He sat in the shade and she brought him food and drink When he was ready, he wiped his itive She listened enthralled as he spoke of their trek to the vast river

“Huge, Jade No man could swim across it”

“Was he there by the river?” she asked

“We couldn’t see him, but we did spot the two bounty hunters and as we suspected, they’d traveled a different route”

“They saw you?” The bounty hunters hadn’t arrived in the village Their fate was unknown to her

“They were too busy arguing to notice anyone, which was their downfall”

“You guessed they would fall out over Krul”

Mason grinned “Not Krul Fish Can you believe it, they were arguing over how to cook fish They squabbled so much they didn’t see hiether If I wasn’t after Krul, I would have given him a round of applause” Mason sed a mouthful of water from a beaker

Jade pictured the scene Two bounty hunters accusto to cook fish The lizardup behind the them with stealth Speed wasn’t necessary when your skin blended into the foliage The et him?”

“While Krul was busy attacking them, we stormed the shoreline where they’d lit a small fire The men bravely fired their arrohich bounced off his scales, but that didn’t put theh to stun hih exterior” Mason exao down easily Punched me in the face, too”

“I can see Does it hurt? I should clean the wound” She edged closer to him and tenderly touched his arm

Mason shook his head “Nope It’s fine One of the le is full of natural medicines It’s clean and will heal”

“Good,” she said simply “So he’s stupefied, too?”

“Yes Krul is totally under it and very coht protect his like any other man” Mason lay back and rested

“The bounty hunters?” He’d not mentioned their fate