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that has happened to us since the day we first set foot upon that accursed cog's deck!"
"You know perfectly well that wasn't what I meant!" she scolded, and he nodded again, this time with an edge of contrition. "I still don't understand what these creatures could possibly possess to make it worth the 'Commander's' guild's time and effort to bring us here in the first place. Or be the cause of so much bloodshed and killing once we were here."
"I'm far from certain of that myself," her husband admitted, "but I've learned more in the past few days than I did know. I'd already discovered that some ore which is mined here is of considerable value to the guild, but until just yesterday, no one had explained the process by which it is extracted to me. I still have