The Shadowland:
“We should head back now!” Jinx woke up to hear Sha’non quarreling with Adriana. He hadn’t been out long. The pain from the attack still wore on him, and no one had moved him from where he’d dropped.
“You can leave if you wish. I am going forward,” Adriana countered in a soft voice.
“But why? We’ve no sellsword. We’ve no mage. I’m a healer, you’re a tinker, and I don’t know what that is.” She turned to see Jinx on his side, listening. “Sorry, I didn’t know you were awake. No offense meant.”
“Yeah, right, and for the record, I am a storyteller.”
Sha’non laughed. “In that case, we are good to go. Next one of those monsters, you can tell it a story. That should save us.”
“That was a sand-squid.” Adriana looked to Jinx.
He nodded his approval of the name, slightly surpri
