He was also wearing Garkin’s boots, which fitted him surprisingly well. I had raised minor protest at this, until he pointed out Garkin had no further use for them but we did. Pragmatism, he called it. Situational ethics. He said it would come in handy if I was serious about becoming a magician.
“Hey, kid!” Aahz’s voice interrupted my thoughts. He seemed to be occupied rummaging through the various chests and cupboards of the hut. “Don’t you have anything here in the way of weapons?”
“Weapons?”
“Yeah, you know, the things that killed old Garkin there. Swords, knives, bows, stuff like that.”
“I know what they are. I just wasn’t expecting you to be interested in them, that’s all.”
“Why not?”
“Well… I thought you said you were a magician.”
“We aren’t going to go through that again, are we, kid? Besides, what’s that got to do with weapons?”
“It’s just that I’ve never known a magician who used weapons other than his powers.”
“Really? How many magicians have you known?”
“One,” I admitted.
“Terrific. Look, kid, if old Garkin didn’t want to use weapons, that’s his problem. Me, I want some. If you’ll notice, Garkin is dead.”
It was hard to argue with logic like that.
“Besides,” he continued, “do you really want to take on Isstvan and his pack with nothing but your magik and my agility going for us?”
“I’ll help you look.”
We went to work rummaging for weapons, but aside from the crossbow that had killed Garkin, we didn’t find much. One of the chests yielded a sword with a jewel’encrusted handle, and we discovered two knives, one white handled and one black handled, on Garkin’s workbench. Aside from those, there was nothing even remotely resembling a fighting utensil in the hut. Aahz was not overjoyed.
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