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. It
seemed momentarily stunned by its injury, though Flint
knew it had too little brain to yield to any opponent.
But for the moment, it had something else to think about.
Food, in the form of its own tentacles, had fallen at its feet.
Flint gazed in disbelief as the horror gulped down the grisly
bounty of itself. The hill dwarf turned and bolted once more
into the cavern, only too aware that so far only luck was
keeping him alive.
This might be the last thing I ever do, Flint caught himself
thinking as he raced through the darkness. And I'm not do-
ing it very well, he added as his benumbed ankle crumpled
beneath the combined weight of him and Perian. Frantically
he pulled himself up on the wall and, dragging both Perian
and his own foot, continued deeper into the lair of the crea-
ture.
Or he would have, had the cavern not abruptly narrowed
to a point and then stopped completely. His escape route
blocked by solid rock, Flint dropped Perian to the floor. Her
eyes, peering helplessly at him, were filled with unaccus-
tomed terror. Flint looked away, then readied the humble
blade he'd picked up
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