ensured this by giving them ample time to escape via the back door, a neat compromise between caution and justice that benefited all parties.
"Who are all these men?" said Twoflower.
"Oh, you know. Just men," said Rincewind. And before he could stop himself some part of his brain that had nothing to do took control of his mouth and added, "Heroes, in fact."
"Really?"
bounced wildly across the Circle Sea. A harmonic got as far as Hrun himself, currently fighting a couple of gnolls on a crumbling ledge high in the Caderack Mountains, and caused him a moment's unexplained discomfort. Twoflower, meanwhile, had thrown back the lid of the Luggage and was hastily pulling out a heavy black cube.When one foot is stuck in the Grey Miasma of krull it is much easier to step right in and sink rather than prolong the struggle. Rincewind let himself go."Yes, that one over there is Frig Stronginthearm, over there is Black Zenell-""Is Hrun the Barbarian here?" said Twoflower, looking around eagerly. Rincewind took a deep breath."That's him behind us," he said.The enormity of this lie was so great that its ripples did in fact spread out one of the lower astral planes as far as the Magical Quarter across the river, where it picked up tremendous velocity from the huge standing wave of power that always hovered there and
"This is fantastic," he said. "They're never going to believe thi
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