Thosl crept to the front of the APC. The camp was silent.
The General was in his magic tent. The man-bug was out on
patrol. The furred dragon wannabe was off seeking food.
Yorghi would be asleep in the pilot's compartment up front.
Below the passenger seat Shisen's remains were in a large cloth
bag. She had seen the snake put him there. Thosl stepped
up to door in a crouch and began casting her spell. It went off
and she opened the door. She reached in without looking and
grabbed the bag. It was heavier than she expected. She
turned around and stopped in her tracks.
Yorghi was standing right behind her, frozen in the time slip.
Thosl stepped around her as the spell wore off. An
armour-clad tentacle grasped her wrist. "What are you doing?"
whispered the speaker on Yorghi's power armour.
Thosl turned on Yorghi her eyes blazing red in warning.
She whispered as best she could, "The scarecrow and I are
leaving. This is not our place. Your burial rites were a
waste. This time tomorrow he shall be whole again and we will be
long gone."
Yorghi shook her head. She whispered, "I know he'll be
back. I just intended no one else to know. How did you
even know?"
"It was Ketszajakzyce's (prn. Ket-za-jack-seize) will that I
take him. Now let me gather Kleese and I will be on my way."
Thosl replied with another
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