Saaria opened her eyes, everything blurring into focus slowly. She stood, dizzy from using too much power. Her horns almost ached, she was picking up so many thoughts from the Taken. She had no idea that she had this power before, perhaps the Taken had inadvertently cursed her with it, but she felt herself slowly being pulled into the Taken's hive mind, gaining insight into what they were thinking. At the same time, she felt as if the creature she had fought in the cavern was lurking somewhere, and she held a strange sleepy feeling. 
  "Get close to the walls." She suddenly commanded, slinking up against the burnt stone surface. Moments later, a horde of Taken seemed to leap over the crater they were standing in, heading back to the village. She looked at her companions. A slurring skeleton and an annoying fairy who asks too many questions. Saaria could be in trouble. She never thought of it before, because she didn't have the knowledge she now possessed from the hive mind. But her father would send people after her, there was no doubt about it. They didn't need her alive, especially not when they had another daughter, like Saaria but less... monstrous. If one were to look closely at her eyes, a dark purple ring would appear around her pupil, almost unnoticeable. She spoke up.
  "They're going to attack Unterosten again." She explained. "We can go back and help, or we can move further into these caves, perhaps at our own peril." 
  She left the decision up to her companions. Most of the Taken would be gone, but Saaria had a feeling they wouldn't leave the caves completely unguarded, and something sinister called to her from below.

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