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As if to taunt her, the highland wolves howl in the distance Or is it just the wind? She looks more annoyed than afraid To be fair, I’d pity the wolves that tried to her than nature itself Nine nant, she’s set a pace I can barely match
“I was not asking you,” Volga says in exhaustion
“Of course, why ask the Peerless Scarred who has led two Iron Rains when there’s a perfectly ignorant ic advice?”
“Because you are reckless!” Volga says “You act like you carry an army everywhere You would not make it two days as a freelancer Now be quiet! Lyria found this place, so Lyria’s opinion ht now”
Victra sulks back against the rocks, disturbing the snow in a blackberry shrub above her Even after teeks of plodding through rain and snow and sleeping under the shelter of trees, she s, which she refuses to reainst the snow Meanwhile, I think I’ve soot fleas
By her count, Victra should have had the baby weeks ago, though how many she doesn’t say I’d pull it out of her myself if I were sure her private bits wouldn’t bite my hand off at the elbow “I nearly wish you’d let the Red Hand findyou two bumble about like drunk mummers as I starve to death”
“You ate all the rations,” I snap, scratching my head in irritation
“I’ for two You’re barely one”
“And you’re the one the Red Hand wants,” I reply “How ain?”
“Not enough apparently”
“We are all hungry and frustrated…” Volga tries Fig’s black orb is nestled under one of her big ar, she hasn’t let the orb out of her sight since she stole it froe
“You should have let a “Even carrying around this gorydamn asteroid in my stomach, I could have stalked it better than you Can’t hunt Can’t start a fire Can’t navigate by starlight I swear, you are by far the worst Obsidian I have ever had the displeasure of laying eyes upon Have you two never been outside before?”
“You told us we couldn’t have a fire,” I say “Because of the trackers”
“Inorance that matters”
Volga considers o down and talk to thelare at each other Volga looks offended “I will call Ephraim He will come for me”