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Andrea drew the sword that she had acquired a few episodes earlier. Then
she bravely made her way out through the arch where the front doors to the
barracks had been, since that was the direction that the young boy's
screming seemed to be coming from. The flickering glow of her torch showed
her that she had entered a large hall, with a number of doors leading off
from it.
The screams were coming from her left, where a door stood open. Going
through it, Andrea found:
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A lad of about ten, transfixed in terror. When Andrea saw the horrific thing that had made him scream, she started screaming too.
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A lad of about ten, transfixed in terror. But there seemed to be nothing in the room that could have inspired such fear.
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A lad of about ten, transfixed in terror. On the floor in front of him lay a headless corpse and, a short distance away, the matching head. Blood was everywhere.
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A lad of about ten, holding a bloodied axe. Continuing to scream in a mindless fashion, he moved towards her, the axe upraised.
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Nothing. And the screaming had suddenly stopped. Andrea was bewildered.
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