The girl strained at her bonds, the effort making her chest push out in a very comely manner as she stretched and pulled.  At last, one of the ropes broke, but she remained bound by the other for the moment.<br/><br/>The fleeing goblin soiled himself as he ran, so perhaps it was just as well that he was wearing no pants.  He kept looking back over his shoulder, and lost even more time that way.  When at last he stumbled, Ayo was able to make up the ground, and as the terrified magician stared him in the face, the much younger wizard slew him with another gout of flame.<br/><br/>The goblin's final scream, cut off abruptly, echoed in the woods.