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"There…” someone yelled, and I jumped.
“There she is.” Voices rose around me. Voices of loud, angry men. They held a flame torches in their hands. I tried to run even when I had no idea where I was running. But a twig snagged my dress, and I fell before I could go too far. Right there, they caught up with me. All in armor, helmet, sticks, rakes, brooms. They were like angry mobs tossed together from all directions with no idea what they were doing or how to go about it. They spat and kicked me from all over.
I screamed, but their assault didn’t stop. Not till a strange voice cut through them. And they moved away. I tried to get up, but pain slammed me back to the ground. And I could do nothing but sit there and watch a figure draped in black stop in front of me. He was skinny and lank
