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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GodOfCheese" data-source="post: 1583719" data-attributes="member: 19170">Word of the Attack Reaches the Bad Guys“What’s happening?”  Milo demands of a much taller (human-sized) figure, who is moving as if in a hurry.  The man stops, and two or three other vague silhouettes gather next to him.“We are...” the man begins.“...under attack.”  one of the other silhouettes finishes crisply.  Zara notes that the two men’s voices seem dead and emotionless, yet also lack the halting manner to which she had become accustomed from the Slug-people.“Oh really?”  the halfling asks, sounding more pleased than surprised.  “How many of them?”  He snickers and interrupts himself.  “Wait!  Let me guess... two of them?  An overdressed man and a... stuffy armored woman with a strange nose*?  So predictable.” Zara’s angry eyes narrow, as if she could project her ki from them and kill Milo’s silhouette from a distance.  Could discipline be enough to kill him, or would he be immune to it**?“There are...”“...four of them,” the two men reply.“Oh.”  Milo’s voice projects toward Zara.  “Made some friends, have we?”“They will kill you, Milo,” Zara growls.  “But only if they beat me to it.”The sorcerer snorts loudly.  “We’ll see about that.”  To the slugs: “Describe them?”“One male of...”“...elf parentage, two human...”“...males, and one human...”“...female.”“I wonder who our new friends are, Zara?”  Milo asks in a petulant, grating tone.  To the Slugs, he asks: “What are they armed with?”*Milo is referring to Effrem and Chloe, whose unusually pointed nose is a family trait.  Milo has never met Davron or Andrew.**Zara is Lawful Neutral.  Milo was a well-played Chaotic Neutral when he was with the party.  Zara hated Milo from day one, but kept her feelings to herself.  Milo knew it anyway and took sadistic pleasure in clandestinely hindering Zara's efforts to be civil.  </blockquote>

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