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Planes you will NO LONGER...!"<br />

"Ravel, calm yourself, there's no NEED for this..."<br />

"You have forgotten your PLACE, HALF-man. Humility is in order. Attend me,<br />

my pets!" she crooned, making a twisting motion <strong>of</strong> her hand. The soil<br />

trembled <strong>be</strong>neath our feet, the walls writhed with animalistic life. The<br />

pungent scent <strong>of</strong> rotting vegetation and damp moss grew thick in the air,<br />

and in an eruption <strong>of</strong> soil Ravel's tree minions came <strong>to</strong> her aid.<br />

"Trigits..." I said quietly, suddenly knowing their name. Ravel may have <strong>be</strong>en<br />

their master, but I now shared her power. I could feel the pulse <strong>of</strong> sap along<br />

the walls, the curve <strong>of</strong> each wood fi<strong>be</strong>r. Each branch, each twisting, could <strong>be</strong><br />

mine <strong>to</strong> command if I could just focus...<br />

"Gather <strong>to</strong> me..." I in<strong>to</strong>ned, in my hoarse gutteral voice, attempting the<br />

same twisting motion with my hand. With that same thrumming, that same<br />

shudder <strong>of</strong> soil and rot, three more trigits pulled themselves from the soil, at<br />

my command.<br />

Ravel cackled, "Need you more PROOF, sweet manling, that you and I were<br />

meant <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> <strong>to</strong>gether?!"<br />

Branch crashed on branch and vine tangled vine. The air was filled with the<br />

sound <strong>of</strong> splintering wood and flakes <strong>of</strong> falling leaves. I felt the air hum with<br />

Ravel's power as she raised her hands, and a shield <strong>of</strong> violet-black nettles<br />

curled around her, and my bolts <strong>of</strong> force crashed impotently against her<br />

shield.<br />

"Take care <strong>of</strong> the trigits!" I cried <strong>to</strong> the others, "I'm moving forward!"<br />

The witch's mad cackling pounded in my ears, and lightning cracked <strong>do</strong>wn<br />

on the enemy trigits. Fall-From-Grace's incantations had taken on a deadly<br />

edge, and now her powers were channeled <strong>to</strong>wards combat. The shock was<br />

enough for me <strong>to</strong> get in close <strong>to</strong> Ravel...<br />

With a flick <strong>of</strong> Ravel's claw, a mass <strong>of</strong> thorny brambles burst from the earth<br />

and encircled my leg, their barbs carving deep in<strong>to</strong> the bone and holding me<br />

in place. I howled in pain, like a wolf caught in a <strong>be</strong>ar trap, writhing on the<br />

ground and trying <strong>to</strong> pull my leg free. Held fast, my hand hacked away at the<br />

bone as much as I could, desperately trying <strong>to</strong> sever my leg <strong>to</strong> free myself<br />

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