51: Another Path
“Any incidents overnight, on any of the watches?” Kyrie asks as her team eats breakfast in the light of Bergljot’s horn; the sun has not yet risen enough to provide their campsite with sufficient light. “Seamus’s and mine was uneventful.” “Heard some rustling on and off, but couldn’t find the source,” Elowen replies. “Nothing of note,” Myghal answers. “Saoirse and I killed a creature of darkness on our watch,” Alastair says casually, causing all of his teammates except Saoirse and Bergljot to freeze. “Why didn’t you say something when you woke us up?” Seamus demands. “Where there’s one, there’s bound to be more.” “It was little. No longer than my arm,” Saoirse amends, “and it was alone. I destroyed the remains. There shouldn’t be a way for any of its companions, if it had any, to trac
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