Khôrbar had fought with the second wave of attackers. He hoped that the weakness he thought he felt in Shelob was truly growing weakness.
"Elentari! STOP!"
Khôrbar spun around and looked at the woman. Khôrbar always knew that there was something different about Elentari. Now he could clearly see that she was certainly powerful. What was she doing? And why were the others so afraid of her using her power.
Out of caution, Khôrbar backed up to the entrance of Shelob's chamber. He felt that, whatever Elentari was doing with her power, he did not want to be in the way of it. He saw the girl's concentration. Khôrbar wanted to stop that look...wanted to stop it...the wave of energy was so strong that even Khôrbar, a non-magus, felt it. However, Khôrbar knew that interfering with Elentari, even touching her, could lead to further danger than they were already in.
No, Khôrbar decided, he was forced to stay back in the shadows. He had just exited the shadows, now being forced back into them. Khôrbar then realized how helpless he actually was in the world as he watched Elentari using what was left of her power to what end he did not as of yet know...
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"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes
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