Arya started to speak, but then saw something behind Rinion in the shadows of the night. "Get inside town now. I think that, er, "thing" followed you here..." Beside her, Tanzi growled.
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"Hel...Hello there...." Cupa said, moving towards them. "I...I just wanna be friendssss. Really, I mean no harm. In fact, I mean completely the opposssite of that, to the boy there."