132: The Moonbreaker
So, mum, we’re in the pits of Karak Skygg, remember, surrounded by rat men, in a sort of rat man farm. And we tried to pass through, among the farmers, because I told everyone that the rat men weren’t really taking much notice of us. But when one of the pack masters challenged us, Erina fired a bolt at him, hitting hm squarely in the chest. For a moment I feared the worst, that we would have the entire hold of rat men converging on us, and even if it wasn’t certain death, it would mean we couldn’t get back into the hold. But, quickly, Erina turned on the pack master and shouted at him for surprising her. And the pack master dropped his whip and flung himself to the ground whining in his rat man language. It looked like he was begging Erina forgiveness for disturbing her. And the area smelled even worse than before, which someone said was ‘fear glands’. And the other two pack masters just watched, looking pleased that they hadn’t been picked on. So we walked on towards the next chambe...