Chapter 17: Of Love and War
Silpher approached Ulric the next day. “I did it, Ulric. I finally got the nerve to do it. I said Karako to Tulia!”. Ulric rolled his eyes, “Really? I said that to Inna ages ago”. Silpher was shocked, “You did?”. Ulric smiled, “She said ‘no’… I think I was being too selfish back then. I’ll try again sometime soon though, she can’t resist me forever”. Silpher chuckled, “Your rippling muscles can attract any one of the females here, I bet”. Ulric raised an eyebrow, “Silpher, is there something you want to tell me?”. Silpher looked shocked again, “No! No! I don’t like you in THAT way Ulric”. Ulric laughed, they both wrestled each other to the ground and chuckled.
Hemm stood up and walked out of the hut. He sighed and looked out at the horizon. ‘The calm before the storm’, he thought to himself. When Sligs make a mistake, they are killed either because of the mistake or are killed shortly after by the Glukkon bosses. Slig-Scrab hybrids have to learn from their mistakes and adjust, which is not nearly as easy. Hemm was usually in quite a happy mood, but this whole situation has been more dangerous than anyone had imagined. Karn walked up to Hemm. “Hi, you okay?”. Hemm smiled, “Barely. Good call with that attack the other night by the way, Ulric told me”. Karn chuckled, “Well, I knew somethin’ was wrong… I could feel the darkness creep around”. Hemm nodded, “That’s lucky, but what if next time we don’t sense it? We need to do something”.
Lara had finished talking with Riley. She left the hut and approached Ulric. “Lara? Are you alright?”. Lara nodded, “Ulric, I need your permission for something. We need to make weapons while we have time. I have a good knowledge of the surrounding wood, I can create some decent weapons for us”. Ulric nodded, “Okay, but take Karn and Hemm, they look bored as heck over there”. Lara smiled, “Sure thing”.
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