Lady Death in Town

Afena and Rudsis entered the town at dusk.

"Are we staying here?" asked Rudsis.

Afena nodded under her hood. "Yes. There's not another town nearby, and I would rather stay here than in the woods."

"Why haven't ubtirs attacked these towns yet?"

They walked along a cobble road, which Afena always liked. As she conversed, however, she noticed that the folks regarded them with mistrust, and avoided crossing their path.

"Slow communication," she answered.

"What do you mean?"

"That ubtirs are not known for their collaboration. I think the only ones that I know travel together are lukaliks, for example. And then most prefer to fight when they run across each other. There's not a lot of communication among them, and those that know their weaknesses are fairly simple to work out prefer to stay away from humans."

"But how would they know if we know their weaknesses?"