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t' nick ye... wait, wot's yer name again?"<br />

"Er... I <strong>do</strong>n't know. All I know is that I woke up on a slab in the Mortuary...<br />

thanks, by the way... and that I can't die."<br />

Annah gave me a cockeyed look, those dark lips curling in<strong>to</strong> a sneer. She<br />

spat then muttered <strong>to</strong> herself, "Daft, this is."<br />

Dak'kon gave Annah a cold glance, sure and straight as steel, while Morte<br />

bob<strong>be</strong>d up and <strong>do</strong>wn, eyeing her from every flattering angle he could think<br />

<strong>of</strong>, "Say, Annah... <strong>do</strong>es that tail go all the way up?"<br />

"Oh, aye... up yer bone-box <strong>to</strong> rip out yer brains."<br />

Morte ceased his bouncing, "Uh- I think I'm going <strong>to</strong> hang next <strong>to</strong> the chief<br />

now."<br />

We <strong>to</strong>ok the wooden stairs up and out <strong>of</strong> the Buried Village, and at the<br />

entrance was a<strong>not</strong>her tall, broad-shouldered thug. He might've <strong>be</strong>en<br />

handsome once, but birthright had <strong>not</strong> <strong>be</strong>en kind <strong>to</strong> him. His face and arms<br />

were relatively clean <strong>of</strong> scars, and that meant that he was either new or he<br />

was a more formidable fighter than the rest.<br />

As I entered the room he got up from his chair and approached me. "'LO<br />

there! Name's Bish. Who might ya <strong>be</strong>?"<br />

"My name is 'Adahn,'" I lied. Having a false name might've <strong>be</strong>en less<br />

<strong>of</strong>f-putting than having none, and it would <strong>be</strong> <strong>be</strong>st <strong>to</strong> <strong>not</strong> stir trouble just as I<br />

was leaving.<br />

"Adh-what?" Bish stared blankly at me then shook his head violently. "I<br />

never seen ya comin' in and Pharod didn't tell me about no 'Adahn' comin'<br />

around." I <strong>not</strong>iced his hand moving slowly <strong>to</strong>wards his weapon. "Ya <strong>be</strong>st <strong>be</strong><br />

tellin' me what yer <strong>do</strong>in' here, <strong>be</strong>rk."<br />

"I've got <strong>not</strong>hing <strong>to</strong> hide, and I <strong>do</strong>n't want <strong>to</strong> <strong>cause</strong> any trouble. I just want<br />

<strong>to</strong> pass through."<br />

Bish paused, as if considering what <strong>to</strong> <strong>do</strong>.<br />

"Ach, just let us past, ye eedjit!" Annah snapped stepping out from <strong>be</strong>hind<br />

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