"It was self-defense, Caroline," Jacob said, coming to Jake’s aid. "He… We have no choice but to defend ourselves. He may have saved us all. Please don’t blame him for that. We may need to reconsider our strategy for…"
As the others kept talking, mainly filled with concern for the future, Jake went over and picked up the knife he had dropped when the medium warrior attacked him with the glowy-weapon skill. As he picked it up, he also finally solved the mystery of what had been thrown at him when they first jumped him.
He saw a dead badger, with the arrow he had shot stuck in it. It had been dead before he even hit it, with what looked like a long sword-cut across its stomach—something he presumed had been the cause of its death, to begin with. He doubted he would get tricked like that ag
