Slurp was thankful that Shryke's trap had broke off his leg and that they were going to be all right. But he realized that the Walk men were at Shryke again, so he quickly got the map before Shryke had ran off to the pool.
It wasn't too soon before they were at a watering hole, so he layed down to rest. But now, he didn't know what to do. The map said they were awfully close to something, but a very long distance to others. Perhaps they should go there first.
The Walk men's grunts weren't so far away, so Slurp figured they should hit the road. He tried to gesture to Shryke that he should finish his drink, so they could do something. He flicked his tounge at the map and carried it as he re-entered the forest.
Unexpectily, the map's strange force started to shut down. Maybe something had caused the map go down in the first place. (Supposily, the Sligs turned off the map, so any Mudokons nearby could not read what was on it.) Now there was some lead on it and nothing else. Now Slurp didn't know what to do. He was rather lost and with only Shryke. Slurp 2 never might sense him again or both may never get to the Fleech mine again. He whimpered in his luck and rolled over in displeasure.
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