Rand cocked his head as he heard the strange response. That was certainly...strange. Even worse was the correction he heard in Penny’s voice. “Penny?” Rand called. “What was that?” The hunter’s mind raced. He ran to the bushes, not seeing any trace of her. “Penny!” [i]Change of voice. Shapeshifter, mimicker, even going to stretch of trickster possibly. Was Penny taken or was the monster herself? Unlikely on latter, she would’ve killed me with the vantage she had. Stupid moron, Perrin would be going on a rant![/i] Rand thought, looking around. [i]If only I had my tools, there’s no way to test people. Now’s not the time, I need to find Penny soon.[/i]

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The Manager gave a nod to Lyre. “I’ll request the vampire to go to you, but if he’s not there in the next half-hour I’d go and find him. He’s in quadrant B in the hunting area,” he said before she left. Turning back to his computer the Manager began typing again, then gave a frown. “Oh blast it where is she?” The Manager muttered.

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Mat stopped his running and looked around, breathing heavily. Where was everyone else? He hadn’t even considered going with others when that...vampire...showed up and started killing them. What was this place anyway? He knew he had to just keep going though, or else he may be the next unlucky victim. Mat started running again but realized how out of breath he was. He didn’t want to take a break but he couldn’t keep running or he’d start puking. Mat slowed his pace down to a walk, trudging forward.