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The man lets out an agonized scream as all five of his fingers snap like twigs in your grip. You release him and he staggers backward, holding his injured hand against his chest. His companion rushes at you and is tripped in his path by Talandor. He falls like a sack of potatoes at your feet.

What will you do now?

You throw him onto his friend and the two cultists fly backward into the wood side of the bar. The first cultist, who is now laying against the bar, rises slowly, blood leaking from his forehead. He draws his sword and moves toward you warily.

You shake your head as Talandor starts to draw the two long daggers he carries at his waist, then you slowly pull your own sword from its sheath.

The cultist lunges toward you as he gets closer. You parry him with such ease that it looks like a child trying to stab a giant. Two more times the man stabs toward you. The first time, you bat the sword away. The second time, with a swift move of your own weapon, the man's sword goes spinning through the air and lands in your empty hand.

The cultist looks at you with wide eyes and turns and runs toward the bar, disappearing out the back door of the tavern. You look at the second man, who is lying on the floor next to the bar. What will you do with him?