A/N: A plot twist I've been toying with for a while. Just over a hundred and fifty words, I wrote it cause I didn't have anything better to do. It's copied not quite word for word from Mossflower. I may go ahead and write a few more scenes with Timballisto as Luke, but this is probably the end of it. Also, do I need to tell you who owns this?

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Dawn brushed pale streaks of pink and gold through the shifting mist hanging over the calm seawaters.

The rasping sounds of file against manacle could be heard on deck from the oarbanks below. Gonff was freeing the slaves.

Martin and Dinny assisted the pathetic creatures onto the deck. Some of them had not seen daylight in seasons. They were a diverse group, ragged shrews chained to emaciated mice, bedraggled hedgehogs to gaunt squirrels.

How could anyone treat another this cruelly? Martin wondered. It made his blood boil as he tended them.

Martin was supporting an aging mouse who seemed on the verge of collapse

"Thank you Martin', he said quietly. "You've grown much since last I saw you."

Martin's paws gave way. He sank to the deck of the Boodwake, taking his burden with him. They sat staring at each other. Martin could find only one word to say.

"Father?"

Tears trickled down the graying muzzle.

"Martin, my son."

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