Sebastian watched the Marauders walk down the alley, the crowd parting like the Red Sea. As the last of the black-clad figures disappeared around a corner, he turned to a scrawny young man beside him.
Sebastian's face bloomed with a smile. The rune master tried to make it look the most assuring and friendly he could, but he only looked weird.
"So, who the hell were those guys?" Sebastian pointed his finger toward the Marauders. "They look like they are ready for war."
Pepperhead turned to see who was talking to him. As soon as he saw the man, he gave Sebastian a weird look.
His face twisted in confusion, clearly taken aback by the bluntness of the question from someone whose link with him was only because they were standing shoulder to shoulder in the same street.
But then something clicked inside of him.
