344 - Return to Whitehill

There were spiders still in the woods to the west of Whitehill, but for the most part, they lurked in the shadows, and even after nightfall, they left us alone.

"So tell me what you told Guur." Uma told me.

"Huh?" I said. "I don't remember doing anything like that."

"He says you came to him in a dream and taught him to replace suppressed traits with valid ones."

I blinked. "Is he certain that was me? I mean, I only just learned of that technique a few days ago."

"He swears it was you." she said. "Called for his armor one day, and he's training to be on the front lines again. It's all he talks about."

"That certainly doesn't sound like me." I said. "But who stands to gain by pretending to be me? And why teach Guur how to... to do something... Damn it."

She smiled at me, that predatory smile that carnivorous teeth were so good at.