"One problem doe," Chiptooth continued, "Dis smell mean that not much water here, me still not use full magics.” Chiptooth paused and tapped his foot on the ground, then shook his head disapprovingly. “And stone too hard,” he added, “Me no able to call dead brothers here. Oh well, Big High War God protect me, now we go.”
“Did you hear something?” asked Hekate.
“Very funny, that won’t work this time,” snapped Alex.
“Oh come on,” groaned Hekate, “You’re not still mad about that incident… that was ages ago.”
“It was only five minutes ago tops!” shouted Alex.
“Don’t be such a baby,” sighed Hekate.
“Hekate,” said Linksona, “If you had told me that you heard something in a nearby corridor, and then when I went to look, knocked me face-first into bat dung, I wouldn’t trust you either.”
“Men!” Hekate exclaimed, “They can’t let bygones be bygones!”
“Do something like that again Hekate, and I will gut you,” said Chris.
“Why are you so protective of him?” asked Hekate, “Aren’t you supposed to be our enemy?”
Chris paused for a moment and replied, “Well, people going through the same hardships tend to bond together, and well, both of us have to deal with YOU.”
Hekate drew back, an offended look on her face. “Are you suggesting that I am a hardship?!” she asked in an overly dramatic fashion. “I’ve never been so insulted in all my life, why, I oughta…” she was interrupted as a series of squeaks filled the tunnel. “Ah,” she said, “There’s that sound again.”
“Wait… there really was a sound?” asked Chris.
“Of course!” shouted Hekate, “You thought I was lying?!”
“Well,” commented Chris, “Nine times out of ten you are.”
“The sound’s getting louder,” observed Linksona, “Hm, it almost sounds like… by the gods! We have to get out of here!”
“Why?” asked Alex.
As he asked, thousands of bats engulfed in fire swarmed through a nearby tunnel and began launching themselves at the group.
"He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."
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