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Standing there and observing the environment was of no avial. Whatever was out there would not come out unless more effort was put into the search. Perhaps the attacker - whoever he, she or they were - already was on the run and building up distance.

"What the hell are you waiting for ?" Madawc groaned with pain. His hand was shaking badly as he reached for the arrow's shaft. Should he pull the thing out ? It would at least allow him to move, roll on the floor to a position that was less exposed. On the other hand it could be nothing but the arrow itself that was sealing off the worst injuries his blood vessels had suffered.