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Suddenly a lightning fast flurry of activity erupted around Tarkyn and Danton. Next thing they knew, they were on their own and Tarkyn’s mind was filled with an intense image of himself with his shield around him
“Shield!” Tarkyn ordered peremptorily as he raised his own.
Instantly, Danton surrounded himself with an aqua haze. He glanced at Tarkyn but did nothing more, merely waiting for further instructions.
A few moments later, two very rough, scruffy individuals dodged in through the rain and stood sloughing off the worst of the water. They were dressed in roughly sewn furs plastered with mud and their shoulder-length hair was wet and bedraggled. Their long straggly beards hung in soggy rats’ tails. A strong smell of stale sweat and wet animal fur filled the small cave.
“Morning
