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CHAPTER 2
I unfastened the bright thing at my belt and began to unfold it. It
made a series of clicking noises as I did so. I was hoping that I was making
the best choice available to me rather than, say, a bad mistake.
The creature took longer than I'd thought to pass among the flowers.
This could mean it was having trouble following my trail amid its exotic
surroundings. I was hoping, though, that it meant it had been sufficiently
injured in its encounter with the Jabberwock that it had lost something of
its strength and speed.
Whatever, the final stalks eventually swayed and were crushed. The
angular creature lurched forward and halted a to stare at me with unblinking
eyes. Frakir panicked, and I calmed her. This was a little out of her
league. I had a Fire Fountain spell left, but I didn't even bother with it:
I knew it wouldn't stop the thing, and it might make it behave
unpredictably.
``I can show you the way back to Chaos," I shouted, "if you're getting
homesick!"
It wailed softly and advanced. So much for sentimentality.
It came on slowly, oozing fluids from a dozen wounds. I wondered if it
were still capable of noshing me or if its present pace were the best it
could manage. Prudence dictated I assume the worst, so I tried to stay loose
and ready to match anything it attempted.
It didn't rush, though
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