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"Too late," I said with a lightness I did not feel The ht now "Look at it this way You’ll be able to see so very few have ever seen"

"That’s because they’re not alive to tell us about it," Beezle muttered "You know, I’oyle I’-pan-fried-noodles gargoyle"

The cave was lit by the sae After a while I noticed that the walls were also covered in soer crunching over rock The ground was covered in the saoop

Beezle noticed it the sa viscous liquid, it’s tiet put inside a cocoon and eaten at a later date"

"Should we leave Chloe inside a cocoon to be eaten at a later date?" I asked I slowedns of the creature

Beezlethat sounded like, "Better her than me, and she eats all the pancakes, anyway"

"All the et her back," I said "She’s the only person who can give you a run for yourroo happened to her"

"Fine," Beezle said "But e’re encased in goo, I’ I told you so"

Nathaniel stopped, holding up his hand "Shh"

He tilted his head slightly, listening "We are nearly upon it," he said softly "I can hear it "

"Chloe?" I asked, afraid to hope

"She is still alive," he said "I cannot vouch for her condition"

"I can’t hear anything," JB said

"Nathaniel can," I said,to be silent I sounded like a lu bear next to the other two Nathaniel’s footfalls were so light I had to check to round

"When did he get bat ears?" JB asked

"It’s a long story," I said

JB looked between me and Nathaniel "Yeah, I bet"

The tunnel appeared to continue on straight ahead of us for hundreds of feet

"Where is it?" I asked

Nathaniel shook his head "It is nearby With every step we take, its movements become louder"

We walked a little farther Nathaniel was very insistent that he could hear the creature, but there were no corridors or rooe

I stopped in the ht here"