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Cecil Brandybuck

Through the reeds, the creature looked smaller and more gaunt than those he had seen at Mountain Hall. But its abhorrence was unmistakable. It was an orc, or some cousin of it, wreathed in mud. It moved with greater speed, too, but did not have the stoutness of a warrior. A scout, perhaps.

Cecil turned to his right and left as his comrades moved around him. Barin, he thought, was merely creeping until he caught the shimmer of his axe and Ernstyr's bow behind him. Cecil froze. He peered again forward, expecting a troop of orcs to leap through the reeds to maul the man. He knew there surely were more. Pack animals, he was told!

With a hand trained by the hunt, he slipped forward his bow and nocked an arrow. But he did not think to shoot. He knew the path rearwards well, and if necessary, he would hide in the thickets.

 

 

Modest_Proposal

Modest_Proposal

Through the reeds, the creature looked smaller and more gaunt than those he had seen at Mountain Hall. But its abhorrence was unmistakable. It was an orc, or some cousin of it, wreathed in mud. It moved with greater speed, too, but did not have the stoutness of a warrior. A scout, perhaps.

Cecil turned to his right and left as his comrades moved around him. Barin, he thought, was merely creeping until he caught the shimmer of his axe and Ernstyr's bow behind him. Cecil froze. He peered again forward, expecting a troop of orcs to leap through the reeds to maul the man. He knew there surely were more. Pack animals, he was told!

With a hand trained by the hunt, he slipped forward his bow and nocked an arrow. But he did not think to shoot. He knew the path rearwards well, and if necessary, he would hide in the thickets.

 

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