A large goose dropped down next to Nightshade and Diego, then transformed back into Questing. She quickly took inventory of the way Nightshade was laying, pale and barely breathing, and turned to Diego. "It looks as if she just overextended herself, but there might be something more deadly at work. If she expended all her power into that one blast, she might have accidentally linked herself to the troll vampire. He can siphon off power from her, slowly getting stronger, while she never fully recovers. If she is linked, we need to sever that link, fast! Otherwise the troll vampire will just pop back up, faster than before and backed by her power."
"Thus is Balance maintained." A Wizard of Earthsea
"Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance." Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"Thus is Balance maintained." A Wizard of Earthsea
"Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance." Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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