He takes Inigo by the hand and sprints deeper into the sewer, materializing his sword now that he's given the boy the win of the day. The squeaking grows more and more violent, and while they encounter smaller clusters of blighted rats, it's quite clear when they reach the next level down that the biggest one of them all is closer than expected. The darkness here is more suffocating, lanterns against the wall flickering as if threatening to extinguish in a breath. It's enough to make Roland keep to Inigo's close left, covering him where he's most open from this side. He will admit to fighting an instinct to keep him behind, but Inigo is a warrior like the rest of them. He won't patronize him.
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He takes Inigo by the hand and sprints deeper into the sewer, materializing his sword now that he's given the boy the win of the day. The squeaking grows more and more violent, and while they encounter smaller clusters of blighted rats, it's quite clear when they reach the next level down that the biggest one of them all is closer than expected. The darkness here is more suffocating, lanterns against the wall flickering as if threatening to extinguish in a breath. It's enough to make Roland keep to Inigo's close left, covering him where he's most open from this side. He will admit to fighting an instinct to keep him behind, but Inigo is a warrior like the rest of them. He won't patronize him.
"Stay alert. It knows what we came here to do."