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      Rose then comes up, "As you said, I know very little of what happened there. But I can see the immense and tragic weight it has put on you. We will be there with you, to help you bear the load, until you can put it down for the last time."      Darkstar wraps a free arm around Rose and kisses her lightly before pulling her into a tight embrace. Olaf knows this is a moment for the three of them, he must stand on the side and offer his support from a distance. His time will come, this 'time' is just not his 'time'.      They all settle down for the night. Later, Olaf, fed up with tossing and turning unable to get to sleep, he rises and takes up watching the area outside of camp. He feels the pressure of the power locked down under the fortress. But there is nothing he can do about it if there is no way to get to it. He takes to wandering around the outer edge of the camp, then settling around the area facing the cliffs looking out over th...

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     Darkstar lays a hand on Olaf's shoulder, "You did well, my friend. Exactly as I wished for you to do."      Olaf: "I live to please you."      Darkstar: "And today, you have. Now rise, we need to get rid of these bodies before they are missed. It will be at least morning before that though. These were off duty when they came here."      Turning to the Tong watch, "Grab a body, we need to drop them into the cesspit hole down below."      As she takes the one in front of her, the Tong watch takes another, and Olaf takes the remaining two, a collar in each hand. They follow Darkstar until they reach the 'hole' and drop each body in. Darkstar signs for all to be quiet as she leads the way back out. On the way back out, she suddenly stops and listens. Then she tells the Tong watch to stay here and wait until the courtyard is clear then make his way back to the rest of them and tell them to wait for her to contact...