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At a glance, one could hardly imagine a more mismatched pair than the third and fourth cardinals of the Holy Church; Irexana the Calm Wave and Adela the Rampage.
A towering, muscular giant with dark brown skin and a child barely a meter tall walked side by side through the ruined streets, looking like a sight straight out of a fairy tale. Yet despite their contrast, the two were surprisingly close.
A gnome and a half-dwarf—both long-lived races, both tied to the earth. Their temperaments were opposite: one restless, the other calm. Perhaps that was what drew them together, like opposite poles of a magnet.
“Hey,” Adela called without even glancing back, and instead of answering, Irexana stopped walking. “Your eye holding up? The cutie didn’t seem to notice, but you still can’t see out of it, can you?”
“So you knew,” Irexana affirmed Adela’s suspicion.
“Fixing the outside doesn’t do much when your gaze won’t focus on moving things. Did you think you could fool me, too?”
Irexana gave a wry smile and answered, “Of course not. I was going to tell you along the way. It seems his arrows were enchanted with some kind of magic that stunts healing. It’s not that recovery is impossible, but it’ll take quite a while.”
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