Some Bad News for Astra

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 28416

"Who are you?" Astra asked, staring at the shaggy, unwashed, naked teenager who had just spoken

"I'm Velus. I've been uncursed."

"That's marvellous!" Astra said. "I'm so pleased for you." She started to approach him, intending to give him a hug, but his body odour got stronger as she got nearer and she had second thoughts. Instead she said: "Are you and Fred still intending on moving on in the morning? Where is Fred, by the way? And what was that commotion I heard just now?"

"Fred - or what's left of him - is under the remains of the piano there," Ben Grimm said. He was not a man who was noted for his tact. "It fell on him. I'll lift it up and show you what's left of him, if you like."

Astra paled. "That won't be necessary," she said. "Poor Fred! I know that we've had our differences recently, but he didn't deserve to go like that. How often does something like that happen?" she asked rhetorically.

"Quite often around here," Phil muttered sotto voce.

"I'm wondering what I should do, now that he's gone," Velus said.

"I should start by having a bath," Grimm suggested tactlessly.

"You'll need some clothes as well," Fogeno pointed out. "You aren't quite as easy on the eye as 'Melons' here."

  1. Fogeno suddenly found himself on his back, with his own sword at his throat. "The name's Astra, and don't you forget it if you want to keep your head," she hissed.
  2. Astra scowled, but let it pass.
  3. Fortunately Will, still contemplating his damnation, let out another groan at that point, and Astra didn't hear Fogeno's remark.

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