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Nelly pointed at withered old finger at the rocky hill that rose up behind the houses on the opposite side of the road. “The villain lives there, of that we’re sure. We’ve searched everywhere else, but the nooks and crannies of those hills could hide an army.”
Sage bowed his head. “We will return tomorrow.”
“I’ll have the outfits you want by then,” she promised.
Sage smiled. “A cape, if you would, for myself, and perhaps I might borrow a belt?”
A hint of a smile moved the corners of her lips as she reached down and unbuttoned her own belt. She tossed the belt to him. “We shall see about the cape, now off with you.”
“Wait a moment,” Caius spoke up as he looked from Sage to Nelly. “Don’t you need to measure us first?”
She turned to him and turned her nose up to sniff the air
