We wove through the tunnels, my light low as we approached the edging of firelight.Roddy stopped, turning his head to me.I crouched and scratched him. "You bargain is paid, you can go home now." He slithered forward, pressing into my hand.I have him a soft smile and another pat. "I'll be okay, but it's dangerous for baby Burhounds. Go, thank you." I stepped back to my mates, waiting until the creature finally crawled up the walls and into a crack above, its body flattening to fit. "That was a baby?" Xav asked quietly."Yeah, he's only maybe a year old." I shrugged, pulling a stone from my vest. "A year?" He hissed in surprise. I looked back him, confused. "Yeah, the ones in the bunker are only six." I think the knowledge that Burhounds grew until they died, their lifespan was nearly a thousand year, was what shocked him. No one had even found a full sized one, but there was rumours the tunnels we currently walked, were the insi
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