As the axe drew nearer to his head Arngeirr slipped into an unbound rage. He roared out like a caged lion, the nordic battle cry. He pushed up with al... his might and sent the orc reeling back onto its arse, its energy now spent as Arngeirr swung his blade down onto its chest, delivering the killing blow, cleaving a gaping hole in the orcs chest.Arngeirr spun to see a woodelf crouched on a piece of crumbling rock that once was a strut holding up the tower, weilding an ebony bow ready to fire her. “Talia and Roger are heading home and wanted to say goodbye.” Lynnette rolls onto her left side and looks up at us. “I don’t mind an audience,” she says slyly. “Especially these two.” “We wanted to say how much we appreciate your advice to us earlier today,” I say. “It really helped to get us over our nervousness. As you can see, we absolutely love being naked now!” “You’ve both been really sweet,” Talia says. “And we can’t thank you enough for telling us about The Dunes. I never would have. Why are you still alive in this body?” She’d asked me that after I explained about Benjamin and how the universe gave me the gift of revenge. While I shared the truth about my motives, keeping the gory details to myself, she sat silently, drinking in each word, tone, and facial expression. Angela had the gift of listening with her entire body. It was more art than science, but she took that art to another level when she let me talk about Benjamin and how we met our end together.Why AM I here?I. It was covered over. I tried to call out, to scream for Laura, who wasn’t there, but Mirella was, she must have been sitting behind me because I felt the cool of a wet flannel on my forehead even as her soft breath wafted into my ear. “Calma Senhora, Laura knows what you need.” I didn’t get released until lunchtime. I only made it to my bed because Mirella part carried, part dragged me. Laura called soon after. “Mirella will be up with your lunch soon, eat then sleep, I’ll be back tomorrow, so.