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...and the hero, already shattered by the sense of defeat, was totally enraged by the sound. Also beside him was the large fragment of shattered kitin claw, which gleamed a deep black/purple color in the powerful Fyrosian sun. Without thinking he took it and hurled it toward the hole from which the sinister roar leaked. With a hard *phwop* it stuck in the sandy wall above the entrance to the evil cave. The homin felt great pain as he remembered as it had before taken its place in his shoulder.

A sad "mooo" softly exited the bodoc's bloddy mouth. With that, it breathed its last breath, and its sad beady eyes slowly closed. Overwhelmed with grief, the homin took some of the pure white hair from the bodoc and traveled to the cave, where he placed the hair near the embedded claw fragment. "One day," he said, "I will return to this marker and take my revenge....and will avenge the death of this legend......