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. I've
brought you some eggs to suck for breakfast!" shouted the
nervous hill dwarf. Immediately he turned and ran as the
three enraged derro charged after him. The fourth derro
raced around the end of the nearer wagon and joined in the
pursuit.
As Basalt ran, he picked out a spot along the wall of the
wagon yard, directly off to his right. He slowed down, let-
ting the derro nearly catch up to him, before touching the
ring and popping across the open ground to reappear
twenty yards away, alongside the wall.
The startled derro skidded to a stop, casting searching
glances this way and that for the mysterious dwarf. Basalt
waited a few moments, then waved his arm and hollered,
"Hey, over here, you stinking sewer rats! Are you blind?"
Furious, the derro tore after Basalt again, drawing dag-
gers from their belts as they ran. Basalt watched them come
on, at the same time eyeing the top of a barrel standing near
the stables. As the derro closed to within a few yards, he
touched the ring and instantly vanished, reappearing again
atop the barrel.
The derro crashed into the wall where Basalt had been
standing, falling over each other and swearing in their harsh
language
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