Short Story Of Spoon

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Spoon came back into town carrying Manning in his arms. She was bleeding everywhere and was taken directly to one of the hospitals where they stitched her up. When I came to visit her, Spoon told me that they were clearing a field when Zed came out of nowhere. He was putting on a brave face, but I could tell he was shook up about it. She’s going to need some time to recover, but we’re lucky she’s still alive. She wasn’t the only injury either. For some reason, Daniel thought he’d try and blow up the Zed with some fireworks: It backfired and they exploded in his face. The hospital says he’s going to lose an eye but he’ll be okay. I’m going to talk to Northway about putting him in the guild, where he’ll hopefully cause less damage. These

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