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Their shield hand thrust out towards her. Now it was her turn to twirl out of the way, but they would not let her go so easily this time. They barreled toward her like a charging stag beetle, and their nail whistled through the air before them like a lance. Hornet was the swifter of the two of them, but Hollow was the stronger. Hollow nodded, barely a twitch of the head, before they were dashing in her direction. Do not waste my time."Ī stinging rebuke from anyone else, but for Hornet it was merely a statement of fact. "You will need to be quicker than that," she chided as she zipped backwards, "or you may as well concede now. They twisted in her direction as she flew by them and scarcely deflected a second strike aimed at their back. They fell for her right feint, leaving their left side open for a smarting scratch against their side. Hollow drew the flat of their nail up to deflect the point of her needle. She shot forward first, dust flying up in her wake. From the little one’s maw came a belch of red flame that split the air like the setting sun. Ghost turned their head up and gave Grimmchild a light squeeze around the belly. Hollow and Hornet drew their nail and needle as one, looking expectantly at their sibling. Not my fault you guys get up at old-people-time, Ghost replied as they jostled Grimmchild slightly and raised him above their head. They glanced between Hollow and Hornet for a moment before sticking up a thumb and nodding.īy your leave then, sleepy knight, Hollow laughed. Bits of blanket were still hanging from their horns and shoulders like banners.
Ghost scrabbled to their feet, holding Grimmchild like an oversized ragdoll. They started slightly at Hornet’s call and instantly sat up straighter, as if they had been dozing off. Several smaller ones were wrapped around their small shell in a cozy makeshift cocoon against the cold. The blanket they lay on was weighed down with stones.
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Behind them in the distance could be seen the faint lights from the windows of Dirthmouth like a great flock of lumaflies. To one side of the training field sat Ghost with Grimmchild laying in their lap. “Ghost?” she called as she stood once more. At times it made her manner seem cold and merciless to those who did not know her, but Hollow had also been witness to loyalty and discipline that stemmed from the same source. Each child of the Pale King was a worthy warrior in their own right, but she alone had inherited that natural air of command and detachment. Hollow had always thought that, of all of them, she took the most after their sire. She followed with the same gesture, every inch the princess-protector of the kingdom she had been raised to be.
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Hollow remained that was for the space of one, two, three heartbeats before slowly rising to stand at their full height again. Keeping their back straight as a spear, they bent at the waist until their upper body was nearly at a right angle to their legs. They brought their nail-hand up to their chest in a loose fist while their shield-hand remained open at their side. That was the part of her that was wholly Deepnest - wild, swift, and fiercely proud.Īs the challenger, they bowed first. Their sister was perhaps a third of their height if she stood on the tips of her toes, but for all that she made no less of an imposing figure. She stood as motionless as her sibling and steadfastly returned Hollow’s gaze. Hornet stood exactly a dozen paces from them, the traditional distance for spars and duels alike. Still they did not flinch as they fixed their eyes upon the opponent who stood opposite them. It was scarcely past dawn, and the world held onto the cold and bitter edge of the night. Dust flew up and bit into their carapace like a thousand little midges. Wind whipped at the ragged edges of Hollow’s cloak.
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