Why do people make pained exclamations when they're not actually hurt? When something splatters against his back and the first thing he does is squeak like it's a fireball raining hot embers on his neck, and not a snowball sprinkling him in wet droplets, Anders wonders at this trick of the brain. A powerful, resourceful mage, and this is what he's been reduced to. Maker help him.
He spins around in search of the culprit. As one such resident out walking the grounds in plain sight, he's a prime target for mischief-makers. "All right, who threw that?"
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Why do people make pained exclamations when they're not actually hurt? When something splatters against his back and the first thing he does is squeak like it's a fireball raining hot embers on his neck, and not a snowball sprinkling him in wet droplets, Anders wonders at this trick of the brain. A powerful, resourceful mage, and this is what he's been reduced to. Maker help him.
He spins around in search of the culprit. As one such resident out walking the grounds in plain sight, he's a prime target for mischief-makers. "All right, who threw that?"