Belegond looked to the other side of the ridge where Ani Dao and Burzdol were stranded, they had started a fire but it would not last and little wood was left. They had to get across now, that avalanche was no accident, someone had made it happen. He searched for some proof to his theory, near to where the fire was were two large sticks. He hastened over to them, as he did this Dain took them to place on the fire.
"Dain stop! Put that wood down!" Belegond shouted across to him, Dain turned around looking puzzeled.
"Durin needs heat!" he shouted back.
"I know, but please give me the sticks." Belegond took the sticks from Dain and looked at them closely. Dain wathched him. Belegond saw that these had been recently touched by a man. He looked up to where the avalanche had come from, there was still a considerable amount of snow. That snow should have fallen down with the rest. It was definately done on purpose. We are being tracked!
Belegond edged over to Bali. "This was no accident Bali, someone meant for this to happen. We are being tracked, persued, followed anything you want to call it. But e must get down from this accursed mountain. We need to get AniDao and Burzdol over! We need rope or something."
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"...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."
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