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I don't remember how we got back to the house. I think Spin helped me up and forced me to walk. I had brief flashes of Royal walking in front of me, my sword dragging along the ground as he held it loosely in his hand. But now I was back in front of the fire in my living room. A gargoyle sat in my lap, and I saw a second one warming himself at the edge of the blaze. Aww, I thought to myself, they're doing that thing they do when I'm in shock.
“Should we go after Benyst?” Spin’s voice sounded from somewhere beside me.
"No,” Royal's voice was gruff, “his mother will go to him. Sometimes a boy just needs his mother.”
"I didn't see it coming,” my voice felt dry and scratchy in my mouth. Grog looked up at me and whispered;
“There's some water over there, Phoenix, please drink."
"I th
