The Toa Maiden Disappears from Captivity. - Page #2

"Someone 's been and gone that's for sure. The others were too busy guarding our guest." "Hear me, you over there? We might've been throttled in our sleep you wretched ..." "Scout, I don't think they can hear you." Hanging from the frame was not their prisoner, but one of their own companions. Another guard still had his head but his body had not his legs. He had been shorn in half by his own shield. They couldn't tell if the legs had been left standing of their own accord or whether by diabolical whim. His own shield. The hanging guard had not been trussed up like the Toa Maiden but had been tied up with his own limbs. His head had come loose from his shoulders. The third guard had been pierced many times by spears. His gearbox lay open, prised apart by the crowding of spear points. It was his heart-gears that had been left as a reminder. Later, their bodies were laid out. Scout said a few words over his men. "Lads, I regret saying you were wretched before I knew you were laid low. That was thoughtless."

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