[Bozos of Bones]

Therlion took a big snowball and rubbed his knee with it. The pain was going away slowly, and the muscles weren't as tense as before. "Thank you, Keal. It helps." Therlion looked around the site, at the dead horses, the wargs and at Kalam. He had no idea how they were now going to Ardana, in this state.

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Roland quickly rose from the floor, drew his sword again, and lunged for the captain. The time for talking was long gone, and the only way out of this was through the bodies of Easthome's guards. He swung his sword to cleave the captain, but the man not only swept the blade away with his own, but proceeded to swipe at Roland. Rolling to the side, Roland saw the guard bringing down the halberd at him. With no time to get up, or defend from the halberd in mid-swipe, Roland cleaved the guard's legs off with his bastard sword, and, as the man screamed, the halberd fell to the side. The guards would be alerted by this man's scream, but Roland had a more pressing problem, the captain. Getting up, he gripped the bastard sword firmly in both hands and attacked the captain once more. His bastard sword knocked the man's sword aside, and Roland tried to take another swing at the captain, but the man already had his guard up.