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December 13 - December 20, 2024
After eating, Brin had arrived,
After they ate, Brin
Which direction are you out of the town?” “The west gate.
Later the east gate.
their duty. we’re not
We're
a rocking chair in the sound outside a small cottage
"sound" is clearly a typo for something, but I'm not sure what; "ground"?
the east gate.” “The same gate your farmers have found the creature,”
Opposite gate
and the farmers in the area.
"
didn’t think he was the only of the group
the only one of
the boiled leather jerkin it wore protected a lot of it from the blaze.
Not D&D binary hit/miss - good
making him stagger back,
Opponent is "him"
pounded into its chest
Opponent is "it"
he said to the others. We need to keep her in here with us.”
"We
this will, “Yarlihn said.
will," Yarlihn
Ulfur whined and tried to move, but it was clearly hurt,
Wolf is "it"
Gingerly, the wolf got to his feet.
Wolf is "he"
one of the four ropes that had bound the creature snapping entirely. The werewolf bit at the remaining two
4 - 1 = 3
to smoke out the creature
By which the author doesn't mean "smoke out" but "suffocate".
the skills that leant themselves to a task like this.
lent
They only got another fifty metres when a deer jumped
had only
huge bloody mouthful after huge, bloody mouthful.
Should have consistent punctuation - the one without the comma is correct.
“How far to the outpost?! Andorn called,
outpost?"
maybe a thousand metres. Less than half a mile,
A thousand meters is 5/8 of a mile, so more than half a mile.
And why are we mixing SI and traditional units?
And why are we using SI units in a fantasy world?
near the fort and Andorn could see it looming up out of the darkness.
fort, and
they weaved back and forth through a few small corridors
No gate? This outpost is totally abandoned and unguarded?
the moans and weeps of a woman.
weeping
coming into this mind.
his
the foundations of guild’s main building
of the
Since they’d begun helping them earlier in the winter they had warmed to the group of adventurers
First "they" is the adventurers, the other two are the townspeople.
how well he could be trusted.
Creature is "he".
there was no way to be sure it wasn’t going to try
Creature is "it".
His centre flicked between yellow, red, purple and blue,
Creature is "he".
It settled a little
Creature is "it".
he flashed green, blue and an indigo
Creature is "he".
“Let it out,”
Creature is "it".
find some dragon horde
hoard
as if he’d read Sahria’s mind and desire to check things out further,
desired
slowing it as it tried to rush Thorgrim.
Now a bandit is "it".
All of them had been through plenty but none of them spoke of it much.
plenty, but
would have hurt the sentient flame or just make it even more angry,
made
wrapped his arms gently and snuggly
snugly
Lady Killin had no idea what we were doing
they
“I’ll watch it,” Thorgrim said quietly when he noticed her concern. “But I don’t think he’ll go anywhere.”
"It" to "he" in the span of two sentences.
the last time I rode one anything
on
I’ve have a chat
I'd
Had the apothecary confirm we were on the right track and told us about one of the ingredients, at least.”
tell
the cliffs having eroded and taking the path with it,
them
think it was no less than a mile down the road, but they had travelled for the best part of an hour
no more than a mile
doesn’t know his yard from his feet and his feet from his inch.”
Now we're in traditional units; we were metric for a while.
drenched and this path gets any worse.
"
lifted his head, sniffing
Wolf is "he".
