I rounded the corner, and he was gone, his musket lying where he dropped it."Up the hill," I heard a woman call. I scanned around until I saw movement..., dropped to one knee and shot the fleeing man in the back at about fifty or sixty yards. He threw one arm up and fell. It was an easy shot, but I enjoyed it.We helped the women bury the old man and dragged the five militiamen's bodies deep into the woods for the critters to take care of. They had nothing on them worth keeping. The women, a mother. "Wynne?" Don't look at me, child." Alistair. It's me. Sierra. And..." I gulped a breath through my mouth, squeezing my eyes shut as well. " ... I think I'm going to throw up." Sierra? Sweet Andraste's ass, what are you doing here? And where exactly are you?" Under the corpse you just dropped on me. At least, it looks like your work. I don't think Aedan or Sten would be so messy." Are you seriously complaining about my killing hygiene?" If you were lying here being dripped on by God knows what,. Liaren turned to Aran, eyes still swimming with tears. “Thank you, eruchen,” she said as she embraced him. “You brought her back.”Aran smiled, hugging her back. “I’m just happy we got here in time.”After a moment, Induin slowly rose to her feet, unconcerned by her nudity, using her sister for support. “What happened?” She asked in a voice almost identical to Liaren’s. “The last thing I remember is scouting for ungol.”Liaren stroked a stray lock of silvery hair out of her sister’s face. “You. "Then an almost-malicious glee was clear on Nicole's face. "So all ourfuture recruits will have egg-stra strength? They'll be shell-shocked atwhat they can do after they join? I'll have to hope none of them chickenout!"Michael shot a 'you *had* to set her off' look at Artemis, who shrugged inresignation and winced as the puns got rapidly worse. He was silentlypleased, as it was the first flicker of Nicole's old humor since thatcatastrophic December morning.The two suffered in silence, until.