The two were herded back by the guard ducks until they realized their objections were only going to be ignored. After getting back into the stream, Kassel and Tavar began the paddle to the grate in silence for a long time.
"I'm getting hungry," Kassel eventually said as they passed the busy College, mages still milling back and forth like stirred up ants.
"I have eaten so much fowl in my life," Tavar blurted, unable to help himself as the horror came to rest behind his breast bone. "World Siblings, Kassel, I have eaten so much-"
"Now is not the time for this, Tavar. I am going to go through this grate, find something eat, and you are going to come up with a plan to get us into the library."
They're so funny to me, oh my gosh! Tavar will not get the time to consider the repercussions of unknowing cannibalism for a hot minute, though. The plot progresses quickly





