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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4662402" data-attributes="member: 3285">Nug's Farm: Part 2 – Gresty’s ArrivalThe dogs barked once or twice and moved to the door, looking at Hillary.  She opened it and followed them out.A man approached a few hundred yards off.  On the hill behind him were six other goat-like hybrids, but they stood still. The goat-men had hoof-like feet, thick hair over their lower limbs, reversed joins, and elongated skulls with recessant horns.  All of them had tufted bears and brows.“Son of a…it’s Gresty!” Kham followed Hillary out.Gresty was amazed to see him.  “Hello, Kham,” he said in a stilted fashion.  Gresty looked at him suspiciously. “What are you doing here?”“Oh, you know, just wandering around.”  Kham shoved his hands in his overcoat pockets.  “I escaped the Hulks, jumped through a portal, ended up in Canceri, got arrested again, escaped again…you know, the usual.”If Gresty seemed unsure as to what Kham was talking about, he hid it well. Gresty turned to greet Hillary warmly.  “Hello, Hillary. It’s good to see you.  Atkinson has told me that bad blood exists.  But it should not concern you and I: we can inherit Atkinson’s power together.”Inside, Sebastian read from one of the papers Hillary left unattended: Hillary walked forward and put her face right up to his. “I curse you all, Gresty.” Then, she whispered almost coquettishly in Gresty’s ear.Sebastian continued to read: Gresty looked alarmed. He scowled.  He turned without a word and stalked back the way he came up towards the other men.  Sebastian picked up a letter and read it.As Gresty left, he turned once and yelled, “Whyever they’re here, they’re too late.  The handover is brought forward: it happens tonight.  You’d better be gone from here, woman.  All of you better be gone.  Nug’s Farm will be no more!”Hillary turned and stormed inside the house—the dogs followed, made nervous by her mood.  Sebastian quickly shoved the book, titled “The Revelations of Glaaki,” back into the pile of correspondence on Hillary’s desk. A few seconds later, Hillary left the house again with an armful of papers.  She carried them to a large brazier that smoldered near the door and stuffed them in. They caught fire.“Help me, damn it!” she shouted.  “When Gresty and Atkinson come back, there must be nothing for them to take!”Sebastian came outside.  “This isn’t the way. Please, let us help you.”Hillary held herself for a long moment.  She seemed to be mulling something over.  “Come inside,” she said.  “And I will tell you the whole story.”</blockquote>

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