Seven Stones: Part Seventy-Nine
Previously on Seven Stones: Anessa realises the gongs the guards carried aren’t used to summon the horses. Based on the guard’s choice of armaments, Serth suggests the clang makes the beasts vulnerable to ordinary weapons. However, before they can investigate further, they realise that no one has seen the gong bearers since before the fight.
“They probably hid when the battle started.” Anessa poked Serth’s arm. “You’re scary sometimes. We’ll find them.”
Serth shook her head. “Can you describe them?”
They were…Their clothes were scruffy, and… Anessa’s forehead creased. One had… They’d been toward the middle of the corridor, behind the guard with the droopy moustache. She’d seen their faces, so they must have been at least the same height as… the gong was on a frame, though, so they might have been standing on that. “I paid more attention to the guards.”
“Might make sense if it were just you.” Serth quirked an eyebrow at Kobb and Haelen. “But none of us remembering they were even here until we specifically thought about the gong?”
“She’s right,” said Kobb. “Anessa might be distracted enough they faded into the background. Haelen’s a healer not a fighter, so maybe he was distracted too. I’m tired, so possibly details slipped my mind. But Inductors are…
