For a few moments, Crane sat silent, watching the glowing embers of the campfire before him.<br/>The embers twisted through the air like birds, before dying.  The strong breeze of the night cooled his weary bones, and turned the small fire into a roaring creature of dangerous elegance.<br/><br/>"So, Osbourne," said Crane.  "Do you remember trying to do something, or find someone before falling into that spring?  Or has it been so long that you don't remember?"  Crane smiled lightly.  Perhaps he could find out just what Osbourne was doing so near to Aluhar in the first place.  If he could remember anything, it would be of great use as to figuring out how to stop the comings evils.<br/><br/>Gently, Crane leaned back against his Rehno, shutting his eyes for only a brief moment, before yawning.  He had grown quite tired from the day's travel.  From inside of him, came a hungry roar.  He was indeed famished.  Mentally, he noted his hunger, and promised himself to fix that in the morning.<br/><br/>***********************<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9108/300temple2nn4.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/>One hundred and fifty miles from the city of Tol'sel, another trio conversed around a campfire, much like Crane's.  They were not hungry.  They were not cold.  They felt no pain, no remorse, only a drive to accomplish the task handed to them.  She willed it to be this way.<br/><br/>"Coralzane.  You will take the rear.  Finish the small one off as quickly as you can, we cannot afford her escape.  Zelfir, try to get to our brother, and show him his wrongs before he makes a mistake.  I will personally kill the Alune.  As you may have heard, she suspects that these travelers are some sort of envoy to foil what we have worked on for so long.  We cannot risk failure.  Am I understood?"<br/><br/>The other two nodded in silence, their glowing red eyes breaking the cover of darkness.  Not a word was spoken then, as each creature stood, stretched it's wings and took off into the dark of night.  The speaker stood in the pavilion, staring at the fire.<br/><br/>"I will not fail you mother." With that, it unfolded it's wings and leapt into the air.  It would not fail.  Could not fail.