Previously, this had resulted in a lot of defections, and everybody else had simply run away.Not this time. Our people were riding forward, all fat an... sassy on trucks and APCs, until they were hit with devastating fire from automatic weapons and mortars. A lot of our guys were killed and wounded, a situation which made our people very mad! The return fire was from Southern Boys who were out for blood! We had no better weapons than the enemy, but we had years of hunting and fishing experience. Their packs were full of smoked venison and fresh herbs which meant that it wasn’t them that encountered trouble. We welcomed them back and after a bit of excitement, explained the issue. They wanted to go back out and search for Wen’s team but I forbade it.Inside, I received Sun’s report; which was basically no traces of any humanoid activity. Nor any monsters of note. Just the normal wild animals and plants we expected. The most dangerous of the bunch were wild boars. Nothing they couldn’t. Aval sari da naanum nalai kalluri sela villai nee potu kanbi endru soli vital.Naan andru iravu thungave illai kalai vidinthathu en appa amma koviluku kilambinaargal. Avargal veetirku thirumbi varuvatharku iravu aagi vidum, en thangai avargal kilambiyathum en idam vanthu vaa da padam paarkalam endru azhaithaal. Kadavul mele barathai potu vitu naan sofavil amarnthu antha kama padathai on seithen.En thangai antha pen bra aninthu varuvathai paarkum pozhuthu ena padam da ithu endru ketal? Aval. "Please don't hurt me," he gasped as she removed the gag. His voice was hoarse, andshe wondered how dry his mouth must be by now. "Oh god, please don't do those things tome. Oh please, oh god, oh please don't, I'll do anything..." "There's only one thing I want you to do for me," she said, bending down to put herface inches from his. Her gaze held him transfixed. She felt like she was draining thewill out of him with her eyes, and the feeling was glorious. "I want you to suffer. Andthat's.