– and someone stumbled out of it. An ehhif.
The two teams sprang back in horror as the man crashed to the concrete almost on top of them. He lay there moaning, then grew quiet.
"Well," Arhu said, his eyes big with surprise and his voice full of badly hidden satisfaction, "you wanted it to fail the same way? There you go."
Fhrio gave Arhu a look suggesting that he would be seeing him later, outside the line of business.
"He's got a point, Fhrio," Rhiow said hurriedly. "You said you wished for an incursion … and a wizard has to watch what he wishes for. The Universe is listening … "
Fhrio gave her an annoyed look, but then almost visibly let the mood go, aware that they had more important issues to deal with. They all bent down together over the sprawled ehhif: Fhrio patted him gently on the face with one paw. There was no response. "Unconscious … "
– which suddenly was gone, and she fell down. Into the mud –