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'Does the moon look bigger to you tonight?'

The Book of Ataniel

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�You know, Matsie,� Vickie said, knocking one of the yuan-ti halfway across the room with a swinging kick from her denim boot, �there�s something that�s just not right about all this.�

�How so?� said the ninja, slashing implacably away at his reptilian opponent.

�Well, where are the devilish traps? Have you ever been in the dungeon of a mad Oriental sorcerer that didn�t have any devilish traps in it?�

�What about the pendulum blade in the anteroom?� Garal demanded.

�Oh, c�mon, that was nothing. It didn�t even hit you.�

�Because I�m 3�8�! Six inches taller and it would probably have split my skull open.�

�Few wu-jens in this region build their dungeons with halfling intruders in mind,� Amatsu agreed, severing one of the yuan-ti�s four arms.

�That�s not the point.� Vickie tumbled artfully out of the way of one of the monsters�tridents. �It�s like nobody here was expecting us.�

�Why would they be expecting us,� Garal huffed.

�Because we�re adventurers, Garry, and people pay attention to us.� She grabbed a statuette off the mantel and sent it caroming off the yuan-ti�s scaly head. The monster groaned and sank to its side, but the mantel and the statuette did nothing remarkable. �When we move around new plots stir up, and when we go after McGuffins, they take on lives of their own. It�s a Heisenberg kinda thing. When we focus on something that changes it. It�s always been that way.� She yanked the tatami mat out from under the third yuan-ti, depositing it on its rear. �This... feels more like busy work. Somehow. No one really cares about this crystal thingamajig but us, and I can�t for the life of me figure out why.�

�Not every meaningful task is glorious, Miss Dare.�

�I know that, it just...� The secret agent sighed, and deflected a nunchuk shot with her forearm. �Oh, never mind. It�s probably just my time of the month or something.�

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