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Orc nodded his head

“Do it,” Sam said

Quinn lifted one of the blue bats and hurled it into the cabbage field In a flash, the worms swarmed over it In seconds it was just bones, like a turkey after a Thanksgiving feast

“Okay, let’s test this,” Sam ordered

Quinn tossed the second bat to Orc Orc caught it and walked into the field After a dozen steps, he tossed the blue bat ahead of him

Again, the surge of worain, the zekes reduced it to bones

“Okay, Orc,” Sam said

Orc bent down and yanked up a cabbage

He tossed it back to land at Sae followed

The zekes made no move toward Orc

But they wouldn’t be sure until the zekes were offered soested than Orc’s stone feet

“Breeze?” Sam said

Brianna hefted a bat and zipped into the field Sa she was faster than the worms, but still…

Brianna tossed the bat The zekes hit it

And Brianna ripped a cabbage froround