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(C puts the jar down on the ground at the other side of the central area: here, beside the stables, is a doorway into the stone wall that surrounds one of the village’s terraces. The doorway is entirely covered by a pale curtain)

C: Azziner. Soup.

AZZINER: (from behind the curtain) What comes to pass with the visitors?

C: Mm. Spondule returns from their camp, with gear and vehicle. He seems frustrated. The short one probably loses the eye.