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[color=f26522]"Yeah, given that you didn't charge at me with a fork, I'm pretty sure you're not a cannibal."[/color] There was a slight smirk on his face - he found that bit of the rumor to be rather stupid anyway.

[color=f26522]"Assuming Sacha was right when she said I was a shifter, I'm pretty sure I'd be the first one in my family. I suppose I can see why your grandmother suggested hanging out in the woods - probably would be pretty un-fun if someone shifted into a hippo for the first time in the middle of Walmart or something."[/color]

Brick continued walking, using the sword as a walking stick to drag himself up the hill. The sticks and fallen branches beneath him crunched and snapped in half under his weight, and a couple small birds flew away at the sudden sounds. He wasn't exactly suited to being subtle.

[color=f26522]"I wonder why the fighting started in the first place."[/color]