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Randa was annoyed with herself that she had not noticed the slight tingle of Equilibrium as it warned her of danger. She whirled and drew at the same time, then ran in to the attack. She knew that the odds of them winning this battle were poor, eight against four—she did not count The Cat as he had no sword or armour. She parried the first blow from a guard who had made directly for her, presumably thinking that a woman would be an easier target than the mage or Davrael with his two weapons. She then began to use the forms that she had practiced almost daily since she was a child and had asked her father if she could learn to use a sword. He had been amused and thought it just a childhood fancy that would go away in time but Randa had taken to her fencing lessons much better th
