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Chapter 9

The Nose Knows!
Added Sun Jul 5 06:47:45 2020 at level 51:

wHidden in the leaves, Ydane sniffed, ever so quietly. Then she sniffed
again. Then she inaheld as deeply as she could, completely filling her
lungs with air before slowly letting it out again.

Nothing.

Her brow furrowed, then deepened into a full-on frown.

Before her, out in the open, the ugly little gnome's chest continued to
rise and fall as he slept. It was a convenient place to rest, this
Temple of Winds, though probably moreso for herself than Pininip, who
was not able to conceal himself as she had.

By the gods he was ugly!

But, so far as her mortal nose could discern, he was nothing more than a
malformed gnome despite all the claimes to the contrary. He had told
her, of course, but she dismissed it as the ravings of a mad man. Who
had ever heard of gnomes reproducing with goblins?

But doubt gnawed at her. What if it were true? If so, then she would
need to hunt him down as she did all the others. She held no delusions
about what that would mean. Despite his disfigurement and diminutive
stature, his grasp of magic was strong. So very strong. And, to boot,
his forms were more suited than hers to direct conflict between them.

Nevertheless, she had to know. Perhaps the nose of an Ancient could
sniff out what hers could not? In fact it could. And it did.

Ergush's missive would mean blood. She knew that. Hers more likely
than the half-goblin's. But, now that she knew the truth of the matter,
she could do naught else.