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When the man had pulled his gun and sword, Silas had immediately pulled out an arrow and knocked it to his bowstring. He murmured a low incantation in a melodic language. A shimmering wall of light appeared in front of Silas. The barrier was a smallish orb that moved with Akkina, givering her about three feet. The spell didn't allow projectiles and hostile beings within the small dome of protection.

 He heard the sound of fighting on the other side of the smoke.The man had not fired his weapon, but he had heard the quick whips that came from an experienced hand at the sword. After a score of breaths, he didn't hear Randy's footfalls and the now familiar sound of his gauntlets. Silas guessed the pair had run off, with his friend in pursuit. Hopefully the energetic man didn't take any risks. "Akkina, we need to get you inside. I can't protect you out here in the market with all of these pathways and alleys." He kept his back to the alley for now, checking the street before nodding to Akkina. "I think we're safe to cross back to Humphrey's now, we should leave."

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Titan watched the encounter from afar, his Gears honing in on the anomaly. All eighteen of his searching creations had converged on the smoke cloud, providing ample coverage of the area that could be seen. They concentrated on Silas and Akkina, moving close enough to pick up his words. Titan almost smiled, this little town might be proven to be quite a profitable visit. Titan chose four of his drones to keep an eye on Kyato's business and trading posts. Two covered the entrances to the left and right, so Titan dispatched one more to hover over the doorway.

He had walked quite a bit of the Market in search of the bounty, finally settling behind the island of shops across from the tailor's. He spied two men running out from an alley. Sighing, Titan had realized that maybe this bounty was going to match its pay-off. He'd have to renegotiate with the bounty issuer. The man named Silas would be worth at least 50,000. He looked to be a deft hand at the bow and his knowledge of the arcana might be problematic. Drawing his explosive pistol, Titan took his own route to the shop.