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After capturing the city there was apparently a skeleton force defending the eastern quarter of the city.
These Fairy-aligned rebels had fought hard, and a force needed to be sent in to put them down.
Martin found himself riding there just to make sure things went smoothly.
He met with Jess and Sen and Blackwater outside of the stables at the site of the battle.
There were bodies of friend and foe alike littering the place.

"They fought harder than I expected," Sen remarked. "No idea what they were trying to defend though."

Martin looked around the area. He investigated it with his eyes.
At a first glance, at least, he didn't see anything worth noting.

Then he went to one of the nearby corpses.
It had a slight discoloration to it.
Not exactly like a dead body that had lost its color.
But, rather, like a creature that had a different skin tone to begin with.
Something from another Dimension, perhaps?
"Fairy?" Martin guessed.
He touched its eyelids and opened them.
Beneath he saw a trail of stars.
Though the sky within had grown dim.
This was definitely a cosmic being. "Hm..."

Just what was the enemy commander doing here at the stables?
He had fallen easily enough that Sen didn't even realize it was a Fairy.
And why had they fought like that even to the end...?
It didn't seem like they had much of a chance of winning.

Martin stood back up. He tried to think for a moment.
However, his normal routine of thinking things through was interrupted.

A messenger approached them.
"Forgive me," the man called out. "I received word that the commanders were all gathered here."

"More than you know," Martin said. He looked at the body of the Fairy commander again.
"Word from Stein?" Martin inquired.

The man shook his head. "I came up river, was with the Admiral for some time."
"She sent me to contact you. Well, begging your pardon, it's for Lady Lawlier."

Jess climbed down from her mount clumsily.
Martin had left his own horse tied up near the stable post.
The woman retrieved something to help steady her balance and went that way.
It was still a bit jarring to see her transition from one state to the next.
While riding she seemed to move elegantly and was an unstoppable force.
Due to the loss of one of her legs, even with the prosthetic, she was far less graceful on foot.
Lawlier went to the messenger and received the letter.
She found herself reading over it multiple times.
"I think Liona is nearby to where Lana is," Jess explained to the others.
She seemed to be mulling something over for a moment. "But something is wrong."

"Wrong?" Blackwater inquired. "What do you mean, wrong?"

"Aside from the Queen being captured," Sen added.
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