"You're it." The dwarf that waits for them outside the warehouse is standing slightly off to the side of the mouth of a dark alleyway, his eyes turned down it with a strange look on his face. Slumped to the ground is a guard, who is bound and gagged and unconscious. "He was guarding them," he explains to the others once they've arrived, and turns to look from face to face at last. Whatever he saw inside the warehouse, it's deeply affected him.
"Sina?" Nari asks.
"She's still inside," Kit replies. Then, as though to brace them all for what they're about to see, he says, "They're all still inside. The children, the--" A pause. "--The body."
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"You're it." The dwarf that waits for them outside the warehouse is standing slightly off to the side of the mouth of a dark alleyway, his eyes turned down it with a strange look on his face. Slumped to the ground is a guard, who is bound and gagged and unconscious. "He was guarding them," he explains to the others once they've arrived, and turns to look from face to face at last. Whatever he saw inside the warehouse, it's deeply affected him.
"Sina?" Nari asks.
"She's still inside," Kit replies. Then, as though to brace them all for what they're about to see, he says, "They're all still inside. The children, the--" A pause. "--The body."