“Where would the smoke go?”
“This is Darrienia, your rules do not apply here. Whilst we try to mirror your world's nature it is not how you understand it. If heat is needed it can be created, it can appear as flame, but it will not really be fire.” He felt his breath catch as she moved a little closer to him, he could not afford this distraction, not now. He refocused his attention on devising an exit plan. If nothing else, they could take some time to catch their breath, hoping the Epiales' numbers would diminish to allow them a better chance of escape.
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Blackwood chuckled to himself as he boarded the old boat which sat at Crowley's unmanned port. Things had gone smoother than he had anticipated, even so, he had not expected that group of people to arrive when they did. Just the t
