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This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.
Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.
And the demon's gaining on her.
She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.
And Holly's not fast enough.
The mouth catches her.
But it doesn't hurt.
Where are we?
Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.
And the demon's gaining on her.
She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.
And Holly's not fast enough.
The mouth catches her.
But it doesn't hurt.
Where are we?
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Oh, that last will be more convenient than inflicting her discomforts on the bunnies. She expands her house to have room for those things and then installs them.
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Are any of these metals upgrades that Holly can just do by herself? Is there any reason not to, such as conservation of materials?
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Great. That, then. And they make a suit of armor out of whatever they've got the most of and then Holly upgrades it.
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Not that this is tremendously comfortable, but yes.
They go visit Jeff again to see if he has anything to say now they've got armor.
They go visit Jeff again to see if he has anything to say now they've got armor.
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"Or I could just keep bunnies handy. Although I guess that doesn't work if I get caught outside in the dark. What is up with your suns shortage, anyway?"
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"Magic is a skill, that's like saying - increase our art history capacity, what the - I mean, sure, we'll keep an eye out for 'fallen stars', whatever the hell those are," says Holly.