Town SigFig fell back and Jake shouted in surprise, I was frozen with fear. Suddenly, just before the orge grabbed me, I brought my spear up and shoved it as hard as I could under the orge’s fingernail.
Blood seeped down the shaft of my spear and the orge let forth a howl of rage, pain and oaths. It brought it’s other hand down in sweeping arch and swept all of us off onto an adjacent cliff.
We landed in a heap, but the orge was distracted by his still-bleeding hand and we were able to untangle ourselves and run.
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