(urth) short story 11: trip, trap

Marc Aramini marcaramini at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 4 19:00:09 PDT 2012


It is clear that Finch cuts the crap out of the troll from Garth's account, but the point does not ever "tell", matchiing the details of his spirit battle:

"When I woke again the troll's cave was better lit than when I had previosly seen it, though light no longer rose from the pool ... My sword I found in Dokerfin's hand, it and he both drenched in the troll's dark blood; the grim MOCK-MAN HIMSELF LAY NOT MUCH FARTHER OFF, ALL CUT ABOUT WITH GAPING WOUNDS FROM WHICH THE BLOOD NO LONGER WELLED.  AT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT STRANGE TO SEE THAT THE POINT HAD NEVER TOLD, BUT SOON I UNDERSTOOD ALL"

So the troll was cut, but the point of the blade never punctured him.
It's spirit Garth controlling Finch's body.



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