{"id":4188,"date":"2020-01-10T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2020-01-09T20:07:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T01:07:03","slug":"twenty-eight-05-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4188","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-eight – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

The second line of trees wasn\u2019t all that thick, but the underbrush was. Sif and I had to pick our path carefully as we made our way through it, sticking close to each other. I tried not to jump at every unexpected sound as we forged on. If Sif picked up on my nerves, she at least had the grace not to say anything about it. We came to the other end faster than I expected, breaking through the edge of the treeline to face a ridge of rock and brush lining the edge of the rise.<\/p>\n

I took a slow, deep breath and glanced sidelong at Sif. She shot me a tight smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cReady for the first glimpse?\u201d she asked in a whisper.<\/p>\n

I nodded, exhaling as I moved quietly toward the ridge and the brush, creeping through the branches to the top edge.<\/p>\n

Orcus\u2019s army was at the same time larger and<\/em> smaller than I thought it might be. His camp sprawled across the field below the rise, dozens of tents arrayed around a series of bonfires. I could see a few camazotzi<\/em> milling around alongside humans and things I couldn\u2019t identify\u2014things I wasn\u2019t sure I wanted to identify.<\/p>\n

Sif eased up alongside me, following my gaze down to the camp below. A soft curse escaped her lips. \u201cWhere the hell did he manage to get an army this size?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d I murmured. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t look as bad as I was afraid it might\u2014but it\u2019s more than I hoped it would be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes this change the plan?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. Not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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