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[Yes, you] I snap.

Enid immediately stumbles forward until she reaches the side of the still sonorously praising one-armed priest.

I see her concentrate and then her voice appears in my mind.

[Wouldn't it be more appropriate to communicate with this man?] she indicates the priest, [it was he who led our people to this place].

This priest?! How the heck did he find me?! Does he have some sort of tracking device on me or something?! More likely he was able to follow our trail somehow but the bottom line remains, what the heck are these people here for? They certainly don't look as they've come to fight, judging by the number of women and children in the crowd, not to mention the sheer lack of arms.

[I will speak to you since I have had dealings with you before. Make it clear to the others I am speaking to you].

I don't want to talk to that guy. He makes me a nervous.

Enid take a moment to gingerly touch the priest on the shoulder and indicate that I am communicating with her using mind magic. Rather than disappointed, the priests face is overcome with enlightenment and he bows low before me, head nearly touching the ground, before he backs away to speak animatedly to the crowd. Nothing phases this guy…

[Enid. Tell me why these people have followed my family here to the wild lands]

the assault on the castle things settled down at first. Many of the villagers wanted to know where you went but we weren't told anything. Things were calm for a

shivers then, her recollections are apparently still

from our houses and flames reached the so high it was sky was burning. We were terrified, nobody knew what to do. Then monsters burst out of the Dungeon

not as good at reading human expressions as perhaps I was before but she

survivors and organised a retreat. We ran from the town with nothing but what we could carry on

colony's passage as we travelled. Father Beyn believed that perhaps

the eye I can see she doesn't hold much hope. Having interacted with me directly and taken part in the deception to save her village from themselves she knows that I am not an altruistic saviour from the Dungeon as the priest

in peace, that's all we can ask. If you aren't

the future generation of ant workers is born! This is a critical time for me and the colony! I don't want any of this crap to interfere with me raising the future

go make camp at least one kilometre in that direction] I point with my antennae in front of the shocked woman, [tell Beyn I want him to get them settled make sure they don't interfere with the workers or approach the nest, he's in charge. I want you to stick

a little light returns to their dark and dull faces. With a little more energy and spring in their step

have no idea how she managed the journey

Tell me

[I don't know much. I think the monsters have invaded the surface. The capital got the worst

been thousands of people trapped inside those walls.

his work. It isn't normal

no doubt about that. To me, strange stuff has been happening ever since I arrived here, so I'm not too fussed

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