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"I'd tell you if I understood." Firebrand replied wearily, shaking his head. "But you're in luck. You've found a group in roughly the same situation, headed to the same place. You're welcome to stumble along with us," he tilted his head toward Damien. "Provided you let my friend there examine that stone you mentioned."

It wasn't that odd to just pick up someone you happened to meet. That's exactly how the force that had stood triumphant when the barriers between worlds had tarted breaking down. Just a bunch of strangers thrown together by chance, running roughshod over the carefully negotiated alliances of all who opposed them.