"It looks like a ramshackle shack on an unkempt plot of land." We were staring at Sidir's shack, and Aelanes was giving me his assessment of the situation.
"I see, any other things you notice about the shack?" This was a test, sadly Aelanes was failing.
"It looks badly built?" I sighed and Aelanes could see I was upset (I'm an open book of emotion).
"It appears that way because he wants it to look that way, you are seeing what Sidir wants you to see, you are looking at the cover and missing the entire volume." It wasn't entirely fair because I myself had seen behind the curtain because of Scars memories, but my apprentice needed to be more observant (please ignore that I am terribly unobservant for this little lesson).
"Is it illusion magic?"
"No, this is old fashioned shoddy construction and poor grounds maintenance."
"Underground, he has an entire complex underground."
"You are correct, but why are you correct?" Yes I asked him to show his work.
"House is built on a bit of hill, the unkempt land seems to spread around it in a way with difficult to traverse land areas or occupy them, allowing extra hidden entrances and preventing them from being easily discovered. Also there are no obvious bodies of water or creek nearby which makes it more likely to be able to build underground."
"Well done well done." At that point I heard a click of a rifle and noticed we had been surrounded.
"Apparently we missed all these people who had surrounded us Master."
"I believe the phrase is missing the assholes through the trees Aelanes." Not really, but in this case it really appeared to be the case. I guess this was my fault since I knew of the hidden entrance these guys had emerged from, but completely didn't think that someone would actually use it to over take us. Such is hubris my dear readers, a Lorentino curse.
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