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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4716049" data-attributes="member: 3285">Sibling Rivalry: Part 9 – Up the MountainThe last week of travel had been one of the most perilous periods they ever faced. Besides the treacherous terrain, howling winds that threatened to blow the unwary off the mountainside, and the constantly looming risk of an avalanche, packs of winter wolves have been hounding their every step. “The wolves seem to possess inhuman cunning,” said Beldin. “They’re always just out of sight.”“They’re extremely intelligent,” said Ilmarė. “The fiercest of Osalian’s children.”“Well, they’ve avoided every trap we’ve laid out for them,” said Vlad.“Perhaps they are waiting for the mountain itself to finish you and then dine on your still-steaming corpses,” said Ilmarė. They ignored her.Finally Quintus yelled for a stop. Wracked with excitement, he pointed up a sheer escarpment.“There…up there! We are very close now.” “I don’t see a path leading upward,” said Beldin.“Nor do I,” said Sebastian.  “But I know how we can get up there.”Ilmarė snorted.  “Even I do not know all of Osalian’s secrets.  Surely you have not mastered flight.”“Not with magic.”  Sebastian addressed Quintus. “You’re not the only one who lives with shame over his appearance. I’m about to share with you something I’ve kept secret for awhile now.”Sebastian threw off his cloak.  Vlad gasped. A pair of large bat-like wings unfolded behind the dark-kin. “I have learned that one man’s deformity is another man’s gift.” He unspoiled a rope from his belt pouch.  “Observe.”And with a mighty heave, Sebastian launched himself into the air.</blockquote>

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