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The Thieves Guild

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by Jake Kerr

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(dramatic music) . Episode 81:

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The Woodlands

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(dramatic music) . Mailer was almost certain that
their prison

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was chosen for two reasons, it was remote and
would make

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escape difficult, and perhaps more importantly, it
was so

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beautiful and peaceful that it was a location you
wouldn't want to escape

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from. The effect was such that the first night was
not about

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urgently planning an escape so much as sharing
notes and getting caught up on

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everything that happened. Of course, there wasn't
a whole lot to discuss.

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The two of them had already shared the substance
of their conversations while imprisoned in

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the tower. A sense of wonder over the magic of the
wizards dominated their

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discussion.

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"Do you think that the road through the mountain
was created by the wizards with magic?"

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Dala asked as she took a sip from a wooden cup
full of delicious pure

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water.

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"I'm not sure. I was thinking that the wizards did
create it, as it's a

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paved road, not a rough trail. Travel said that
the journey through the mountain was as difficult
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them as it was for us.

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However, why build a paved road? They came through
to escape Ness, not build a

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road to link to it."

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Mailer stabbed at some boiled vegetables.

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"So, why was the road there, and who made it?"
"Well, I don't think it is

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possible for craftsmen to make such a road through
pure stone without magic."

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"Yes. The wizards must have made the road long
before they blocked it,

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but why?"

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The question remained unanswered as the two of
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finished their meal.

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They fell asleep in their own beds, awaking to the
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crackling wood and the delicious smell of roasted
meat.

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Mailer pulled on her new clothes from the wizards
and walked into the next room,

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finding Dala making breakfast. She walked over to
help.

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"Eggs!" Mailer exclaimed. She hadn't had

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eggs in a very long time.

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She grabbed the wooden spatula and took over the
cooking of the eggs while Dala

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stood next to her attending to the thinly sliced
meat.

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"Where are the hens?"

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Dala shrugged.

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"The eggs were in the pantry. There must be hens
or chickens in the woods.

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Either that or this is the last eggs we will
have." "Until we escape."

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"Yes."

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Dala grinned. "How are you?"

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Dala asked, affectionately bumping against Mailer
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"Better than in a long time.

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I fear that I could get used to this."

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"I was thinking the same thing, but we should
investigate more.

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A beautiful prison is still a prison,"

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Mailer agreed, and they finished the cooking,
moving the meal over to a

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wooden table with two chairs at the edge of the
kitchen.

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The whole cabin had three rooms and roughly four
living areas.

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There was a large bedroom that took up the rear of
the cabin, marked by a large

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fireplace and a door that led out to the rear of
the property.

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There were two single beds, one on each side of
the room.

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Between the sleeping quarters and the living area
was a separate space for bathing

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with a large tub and a bathing furnace to warm
water in a large kettle.

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A sink with a pitcher stood across from the tub.

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A small wooden building a short walk from the
cabin housed the facilities for

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relieving themselves.

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The living room, if you could call it that, was
open with the kitchen to the left and an open

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space to relax across from it. Two comfortable
chairs faced a large

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fireplace. The table where the two of them sat was
between the two

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areas, acting as a de facto dining room.

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The kitchen contained a pantry with room for
salted meats and a counter

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for preparing food. Cabinets above contained
plates and cups.

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The entire cabin was comfortable and perfect for
two people to live in as they

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enjoyed a rustic life.

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Mailer was not focusing on that, however.

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She played with the knife she was using to cut her
meat.

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It would make a decent weapon, but was weighted
horribly and not at all good

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for tossing accurately. With Dala's proficiency
with knives, Mailer

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decided to craft and weight the knives for her.

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Thinking of Dala made her think of escaping.

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Mailer still felt guilty over her comfort in
living in the beautiful cabin and the

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new world they found themselves in, but she knew
Dala was intent on it, so

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she thought of what it would take. There were no
usable sacks or bags for carrying

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supplies long distances. Nothing had wheels to
repurpose for a journey.

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"I said the bed is comfortable. Are you even
listening?"

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Dala looked annoyed.

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"Oh, I'm sorry. I was just thinking of supplies to
escape."

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Mailer shrugged sheepishly. "Don't you think we
should establish ourselves here first?

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We need to prepare."

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"Of course."

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Dala's response made sense, and Mailer moved from
feeling guilty about

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planning for an escape that Dala wanted to feeling
guilty for not paying

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attention to Dala's commentary.

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"Well, we have to make sure we have ways to hunt
for food, and we should check the well.

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It will be bad if it is dry and the only water we
have is from the pitcher they left for us."

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Dala nodded. "I checked the well. It's the same
water."

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She motioned toward their cups. "I'm just glad we
finally have time to be together without being

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half-starved, or living on rat blood."

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She reached her hand across the table and held it
there.

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It took a moment before Mailer realized that she
was expecting Mailer to take her

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hand and hold it. She moved her hand toward Dala's
so fast

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to make up for the awkward pause that she knocked
over her cup of water.

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"Sorry."

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Meila straightened the cup and tried to stop the
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her hand, stammering...

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"I'm still assessing everything. It's just my
nature."

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Darla got up to find a towel and replied with a
laugh.

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"It's okay. It will take some time for us to
figure things out."

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Meila shoved the last few bites of her meal in her
mouth and helped clean up as

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Darla returned with a towel. With breakfast over,
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to investigate their new home and take stock of
both resources and

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opportunities.

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The cabin itself had basic supplies, a few days
worth of food

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and living supplies for two, plates, buckets,
utensils,

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skillets, and other tools and necessities.

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To both of their surprise, they found a chest with
clothing that would last a week or

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so, breeches, tunics, and underwear,

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all of it brand new, yet soft and well-made.

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No rough-spun tunics or leather needing to be worn
in to get comfortable.

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Darla held up a cotton shirt that had a thin line
of red down the

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seam.

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"Magic guild colors,"

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...

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she exclaimed, lifting the shirt she was wearing
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She wasn't wearing anything underneath, and Meila
turned away as Darla stood

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half-naked before pulling on the wizard shirt.

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Meila again found herself confused.

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Darla was beautiful, and Meila was drawn to her.

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The glance of Darla sliding off her top confirmed
it, but it

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just didn't seem right. They were survivors and
adventurers,

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tough women who drank rat blood and discovered new
lands.

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They weren't the type to giggle over flowers and
hold hands.

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As Darla spun around in the shirt, a wide smile on
her face, Meila

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couldn't pull her eyes from Darla's cute little
flourish as she finished.

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Darla spread her arms and asked...

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"What do you think?" "You look like a wizard.

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Know any magic?" "You'll just have to wait and
find out."

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Darla's eyes glittered as she smiled and looked at
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Three days later, Meila was getting impatient with
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Despite constant requests, Darla refused to go out
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woods or path. Her excuse was that there was no
rush, and while

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slowing down to enjoy their rustic life would have
appealed to Meila days

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before, it now made her feel impatient for action.

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Each hour ticking away was another hour that she
was failing in her mission to

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report back to the Guildmaster thief.

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She was, after all, still the Blade of the

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Guildmaster. As to Darla, Meila felt her

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attitude shifting in the opposite direction.

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Meila understood the appeal. She herself still
wanted to enjoy this

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side of the mountains with Darla, but she wanted
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Not receiving any response to her entreaties,
Meila finally just

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left without telling Darla, walking out of the
cabin with nothing more than a

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knife.

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Meila had searched all over for the bow and arrows
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off said would be there, but she found none.

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All she found was a hunting knife, which was long
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knives, but still a lousy weapon.

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Stepping into the woods, Meila muttered to
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"How do they expect us to hunt for food without a

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bow and arrows?"

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Looking around, Meila decided to head straight
into the woods, leaving a gash in each tree with
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knife as a guide back to the cabin.

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It was a precaution she knew she had to take.

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The trees were enormous and all looked the same.

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Sure, the vegetation differed here and there, and
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clearings, but taken as a whole, the forest was
one large blank

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canvas of green.

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The one thing that concerned her was the comment
from the man who dropped them off at the

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cabin that they had a guard. She expected two or
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working along a perimeter around the cabin.

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Indeed, that was part of why she wanted to head
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defenses. With three or even four guards if the
perimeter was wide

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enough, there would still be gaps for her and
Darla to slip through.

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They would just have to keep track of the
defensive rotations.

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She had walked straight for nearly an hour when
she saw what looked like a clearing ahead.

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"Did I somehow slip past the guard?" Meila thought
as she

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gripped the knife in her hand. If the clearing was
a guard post or

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barracks, she would have to be extra careful.

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Crouching as she got closer, she used all her
skill to slip silently

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from tree to tree, even over a forest carpet of
twigs and brush.

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There was a building ahead, but it didn't seem
large.

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Perhaps it was a hunting lodge, which would have
been the best possible scenario.

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She could sneak in or overpower the hunters who
lived there and steal their

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bows and arrows and weapons.

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She slid behind the next tree, and as she peeked
around it, she nearly dropped her

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knife. By the gods, it was her and Darla's cabin,

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there was no doubt of it. There was the trail that
led back to where their guards had

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departed. The front door was the same, and the
railing along the front to tether

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horses was the same one that she had leaned
against as she talked with Darla

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about how awful the cabin was for defense, with it
having no shutters

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and the front door not having a lock.Maela
considered that she had somehow

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gone in a circle due to her losing her bearings.

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She didn't think that her sense of direction was
that bad, but she considered it

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possible. Striding forward, she walked right past
the cabin to the

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rear, where she first entered the woods.

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Glancing around, she estimated that she was just
left of the well when she entered,

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so that was what she did once again.

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There was only one problem. She couldn't find the
mark she left on the trees with her knife.

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She had been extremely careful, leaving a deep
diagonal gash in every

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tree she passed, but there were no gashes near
where she'd entered the woods.

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Shaking her head, Maela moved to the left to see
if she had misjudged where

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she entered the woods, but there were no gashes
there either.

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She then moved to the right and looked at the
trees in that direction.

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After moving in widening concentric circles, Maela
finally had to

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admit that her marks were gone. "Do the trees heal
that

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fast here?" She considered it highly unlikely, but
possible.

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After all, this was a new land unlike she had ever
visited before.

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It wasn't close to dark yet, so Maela once again
decided to head into the

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woods.

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This time, she planned to enter straight from the
front door and pay close attention to

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her direction. She also used the knife to leave
deeper cuts in the

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trees, hoping to slow down their healing.

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The sky was impossible to see through the dense
foliage above her head,

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and the dim lighting made relative landmarks like
stones and bushes

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and unique trees difficult to see. Not that they
would be helpful at

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moving in a straight line,

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but

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they would have helped.

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Still, Maela had navigated the sewers of Ness
countless times,

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and this was no different.

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Trusting her sense of direction, Maela continued
forward.

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Less than an hour later, she once again approached
a clearing, a clearing that was

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familiar, even through the dim light of the
forest.

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Not even bothering to hide her approach, Maela
marched forward and shoved

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bushes aside.

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As she entered the clearing, she looked upon her
and Darla's cabin once again.

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As before, she entered the clearing directly
opposite the front door.

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"This is impossible." Maela looked around, but
there were

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no marks on the trees that she remembered leaving
not long before.

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Walking along the edge of the clearing, Maela
tried to grasp what had just happened.

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Looking left and right, Maela examined the width
of the clearing.

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She thought things over. "It is possible I walked
in a curve and

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didn't walk straight, but I did not make so sharp
of a curve that I reentered

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where I left the clearing."

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Still, Maela did not quite believe what she had
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twice. The sun was going to set soon, and she was
sure that

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Darla would soon come out to see what Maela was up
to.

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So Maela once again entered the forest across from
the front door.

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The marks on the tree were useless, so Maela just
moved straight ahead as fast as

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she could. She knew it was reckless, but she had
to eliminate the

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possibility of what she feared was actually
happening.

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Moving about three times as fast as she had
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relieved when she hadn't reached their cabin after
about 30 minutes.

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If she had been going in a circle, she would
already have stumbled upon the

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cabin.

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A new fear crept into her head. "Great, Maela.

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You marched in a straight line, but now you're
lost in the forest."

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At that moment, a new thought entered her head.

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"How come I haven't run into the guards yet?"

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The answer came a moment later as she once again
strode into the clearing with her

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and Darla's cabin. For the third time in a row,
she entered directly

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across from the front door.

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Sheathing her knife, Maela ran her fingers over
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The feel of the tight curls of black under her
palm often calmed her,

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and she closed her eyes as she took a deep breath
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attention.

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Maela walked to the cabin. She knew what she had
to tell Darla.

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There was no escape through the woods.

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The wizards had enchanted their cabin, and all
paths led to their front door.

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What concerned Maela more than their inability to
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was what the news would do to Darla. At her heart,
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was the same woman who told the guard who dropped
them off that they were the kind who

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persevered, but she also said they were the type
to

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escape. How would she react knowing that was no
longer true?

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But what worried Maela more was if Darla didn't
care.

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(instrumental music plays)