Oshuwho?

"Caught these two behind the lines, they were obviously part of the larger force that dropped in." I've skipped past the capture as it was all about my bravery and sacrificing myself to try and save Slats and we end up getting captured, and not the two of us literally falling into a group of soldiers. Totally. I was shackled though I saw enough of those magical eating devices around to make that not entirely necessary.

"Do we know who sent them?" The commanding officer had a variety of facial tattoos, which was mildly odd looking for someone in charge (yes I judge people with facial tattoos DEAL WITH IT!).

"Hanlon, I recognize the larger one as a merc known for working with them, I'm going to guess Lorentino is directly interfering now instead of just shipping her weapons as she had been doing." We were in a hastily dug bunker, concrete dirt and smell held it all together.

"And the other one?"

"Magical from the look of him, we caught word an outpost got wiped out, and another group ran across two people who fit this description, one of them used magic I'd guess the non merc." It was so polite to be discussed so openly. The commanding officer looked me over and then shrugged.

"Well if he's magic I'm sure Oshujon will want to see him he's been looking for someone as of late." My ears perked up at Oshujon's name, I figured it couldn't possibly have been the marked one I knew oh how wrong I was.

"What do I do with the merc?"

"Send him with the bald one, he might prove useful for some kind of tactical knowledge." We were taken from the bunker and loaded up on a truck. Slats was at least a bit more pleased with this development, because and I would come to learn this later this was all part of the other Lorentino's plan. Yes Shadelia is a lot better at this kind of thing than I am. I'm man enough to admit that now that I'm not about to be executed or sitting in a prison cell for years on end.