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Sun 6th Jul 2025 06:45

14.2 The Duke and the Shadow

by Rory Emberscale (WM)

sooo... i did thum thhoppin agin an i got thome paiw of them thicic gwatheth an mor of them thupa heewin poshinth which ith gwate becauth i alwayth get thtabbed ow thhot ow poithind ow thomethin.
 
thin we wint to the big pwathe cawed the thitidel an they got wing hewmets ewerywhewe which ith funny cawth i do NOT think wingth go on yow head i think wingth go on yow bak.
 
we met the duke guy enwik an he ith not vewy nithe he wooked mad abowt pwitheth an food an munny an a guy named yegow wooked wike he wath tawkina wot but the duke wath mad. n e way then we got put in a waitin woom an thewe wath hith bwotha viwwem who ith way beter at bein a pewthon an he akshuwwy thaid thingth dat made thenthe kimiweel did the tawkin which ith gweat cawth when kimiweew tawks we get pwivate meetin wike in a fanthy tavown.
 
fwaya an cawanthia kept wookin awound a wot an cawanthia said thomebody twied to poke hew bwain with thomethin which ith WUDE an i hewped hew give the mean mug wook to the cweepth doin it but they din't wun they juth pwetended they wike the wawwtapes ow thometin.
 
awtho kimiweew made up a name fow uthe wike a gwoup name he thaid vawiabwe tawithman but it got too many weterth in it fow my mouth i twied it wike a buncha timeth an it thounded wike i wath abowt to thneethe.
 
then we had to wawk in fwont of the hole thitty and kimiweew had to be awe fanthy an make a thtowy an i think he did good i mean i got a wittwe bored but thome of the peepel in the woom had big eyeth wike they never heawd of demonth befowe an then the duke thaid we can come bak at ten fow the pwivate chat an i did math an that wath awtho the time we thuppothed to meet viwwem. awtho i twied to wemind ewvwyone but kimiweew ignowd me and kepp tawkina abowt the thitty an how it got got by chaos befor wich ith fine i mean fowget that i ever thaid anything im juth the guy with the akth.
 
when we wint bak to the inn we got JUMPT BY THUPER SNEAKY ATHATHINTH IN MATHKTH guyth THey had cwothbowth an won shot dady karl wite in da neck OW. an fwaya got thhot too wike a cupla tiemth an i got thhot too i wath mad i mean i know ith a suwpwithe attack but dat juth means i go WAAAUUUGHHH an jump on da woof of a buiwdin but win i got up thewe nobody wath thewe an that wath thtupid. i wooked at thnow fow cwuweth but it wooked wike thnow. awtho kimiweew did the heewin an made the baby eewectwic ewementh which ith pwetty cool.
 
n e way we got bak an cawanthia cwimbed in da window an i towd hew we got attacked an she did that thing whewe she thaid if they wuz good we’d be ded which ith NOT da vibe i wath goin fow but okay. then i athk if anybudy twied to git in hew bwain again but she thaid no but we did find the poithin wath wyvewn kind which ith weawwy dangewith an i think maybe thothe athathinth new we wud be thewe that pwace not thafe no mor.
 
an now we gotta meet the duke agin and i don’t twutht nobody i think viwwem ith nithe but he got the i got thecwetht eyes an that meanth we gotta watch cwothe. awtho cawanthia awweady doin that im juth gon thtick cwothe to kimiweew an thwing at n e body that bwinkth too hawd.
 
dwaugnir pweethe pwotect my fwends fwom the dawk pwath an wet my mom and dad dweam of me with wings on my hewmet.