The fliers engine caught fire and an explosion ripped the wrecked flier apart and caused a shower of shrapnel and debris.Both Lumis and Ciferus were v...olently ejected and tumbled across the hard-packed ground of the rock and sand surface.Lumis collided with a sizeable boulder and came staggering to his feet, more dazed and surprised than really injured. He pulled his sword Lightbright and approached the male figure, now not taller than him.Ciferus also collected himself out of the midst of the. If you listened to James she had singlehandedly written a seventy page review manuscript, fully researched, annotated, and with a complete list of references. She was a marvel if James was to be believed.Gwen Parker was worried because eight years ago she had been an ugly duckling herself, with a towering intellect that bedazzled the young assistant professor, James Parker. For four years, until the enforced move to California, she had been his sidekick first, then his secret lover, and. There were about fifty of them, and they were more than human. Some had armour-like plates grafted onto their skin, others horns upon their heads and claws on their hands. It is my understanding that they had made their living in recent years by banditry on the Great Trade Way. While they were certainly more powerful than typical human raiders, they were no match for Anarion and his sword.He did not confront them directly, of course. Despite what people may hear about paladins and their brave. By this time I trusted her enough to go along, and we headed to her place. When we got there, the boyfriend was in bed, his abdomen heavily bandaged. She whispered to him, and he got up, dressed only in underwear, pain evident on his face, and went into the living room/kitchenette, closing the door behind him. She explained he’d gotten into a fight on the street and had been stabbed. He was recovering, and they needed money. She wasn’t asking for anything, just regular payment for her.