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From: jmondak@muskingum.edu (Jacylyn Mondak)
Subject: The Shade
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 15:25:05 GMT

	"I'll be right back you two!  I'm going to run and fetch some wood!"
The sprite surveyed his surroundings as he picked up dry branhes and twigs form
the forest floor.  He had been feeling a bit "off" all day, as if he had been
drugged by the possible presence of a hostile co-wanderer.  
	
	Alarond knew that he shouldn't be wandering around so close to
nightfall with this creature around.  (That would be all I need now, another
run-in with a big bad nasty.)  In preparing for this possiblity, Alarond shifted
his shape slightly, hoping that some camouflage would deter the watcher.

	Suddenly he heard a branch crack.  (Coltren?  Kyar is that you?)  He
thought quickly, knowing that if hey were near that they would be able to pick
up his thoughts.  No answer came, so the sprite quickly shifted  his shape
again so that he would furthere blend in with the surrounding landscape.  He
did this just in time, for as he finished the shift, a darkness passed close
by, moving quickly towards the light of the camp.  Alarond shivered deeply as it
passed, but he soon thought of his friends and knew that they were all in great
danger. 

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