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They looked around desperately at the four blank walls surrounding them; they were prisoners.
Rather needlessly, Lar said, “Pride has trapped us, Master.”
At these words, the plaster on one wall began to bulge and ripple. As they watched, it formed into two enormous lips; it formed a mouth that spread into an evil leer. Suddenly, the room was filled with mocking laughter. Palustric leapt forward and kicked at the lower lip with all his strength. In an instant, the mouth snapped open and sucked in the dwarf’s leg to the knee. The plaster mouth smoothed out and disappeared, leaving Palustric standing on one leg, with the other embedded in the wall. The dwarf tugged, struggled and swore, becoming very red in the face, but all in vain, his leg wouldn’t budge.
Emily’s strength had return
