“Crogg’s Teeth!” mutters Amiri, wiping slime from her sword. Some has splashed on her boots. “What was that thing?”

Lini’s tiger sniffs at the puddle which is evaporating in the sun. It goes to lick the slime, but Lini grabs its neck and pulls it away.

“It was not of this world,” says Lini, “I could not feel it in the Green.”

Seelah approaches the edge of the pit and looks down the crudely carved steps.

“It was from Outside,” she says, “Something down there summoned it. I wonder if the goblins knew what they were doing when they opened this up.”

“They will know what I am doing when I split them in two for ruining my boots.” says Amiri as she strides down the steps.

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