No, - the warrior smiles, remembering, - So, they beat him up.

- You're lying! - the girl screams.

“Of course,” he agrees easily.

- And what, now you are looking for services again? – the archer is interested.

- How the spinner of fates will decide, - Ilyas says humbly, - But I would be glad to become a guardian for those who will go south, like me, on their way.

Marika is distracted from the conversation and shouts to her wolfhound:

- Fang! Open up [ adj . a forbidding command often used by hunters to get the dog to back away from a captured animal. Equivalent to...