Trickster hurried to my side, binoculars in hand. I pointed, and I could feel a pressure building around me. It was slower than his other teleports, more jarring. It didn’t matter. Our group was soon indoors.
Slower… is that because he was teleporting more people at once?
Me, Tattletale, Trickster, Sundancer and Ballistic.
So who or what did he replace them with?
The interior was rank. They were smells I’d gotten to know since Leviathan’s attack. Blood, death, and the dank smell of sweat.
Hard to escape those, these days.
Trickster had replaced all of the kids and the three adults that had been accompanying them.
Ohh, that’s why it was a good thing she found people!
And I guess it was slower because he knew where they were but couldn’t see them?
He hadn’t brought Regent, because Regent was focused on Shatterbird.
The teleport would probably be quite distracting, and they don’t need him inside.
That was part of the plan. Leaving Bitch behind wasn’t. I could understand it if it was because of a lack of mass to swap with, but my doubts about the Travelers and about Trickster specifically led me to ask, “You figure Bitch will cover our retreat?”
Hmm.
“And if one of the Nine is here,” Trickster said, his voice low, “We don’t need her dogs making noise.”
…that is a fair point, though it’s a bit different if they intend to get into a fight. But so far, it seems stealth is the goal.
If they’ve driven the Nine out of here and it doesn’t matter that Bonesaw remained, what exactly are they trying to accomplish?
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