Aelimur took the satchel from Maen. "Sure, I'll hold it." he said to himself half-mockingly as she walked away. Roryn and Atharen followed her, as we as Ferethor and Crystal, whom Maen had called with her. Aelimur waited behind, hoping that Maen could do her inspection quickly. Yes, although you could say a bit for Aelimur, you couldn't say that he was patient.
Ferethor's ideas of 'persuasion' bothered Aelimur a bit as they waited. He wondered how many there would be, and how many Ferethor would try to corrupt. Aelimur whispered very quietly, partly to himself, partly to Ferethor, inside the Library, "Ferethor, pray, don't go too far."
Worry trickled over and around his mind as he said this. "Stop it Aelimur!" he commanded himself. The guard was not the kind to be worried or disgruntled, this quest was no exception. If only thoughts like these would be gone!
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