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Rumor held that Radanis Abele died slow and in agony, gasping in the mud while his brother crouched over him and screamed his grief and fury.
An impressive feat for its violence if not its skill. Few of Daud's Whalers can claim so noble a corpse as their first kill.
Surviving the hunt that followed is even more impressive.
He puts a knife in the girl's hand and teaches her to do it better, quicker, cleaner.
Her second kill is done in seconds, in silence, and for the first time since Daud found her wandering his halls, Billie Lurk smiles.