Her legs were broken, her companions unconscious or dead. Kestrel pushed at the boulder pinning her to the ground. It wouldnt budge. She leaned back, summoned energy from a place deep within herself, and tried again. She could not wobble the huge stone in the slightest. Dammit! She choked back a sob of frustration and beat the rock with her fist, but succeeded only in bruising her knuckles. Damn it all! Every last, bloody moment of this whole damned quest. She let the pain in, theninto her mind. Shed been forcing it back, but something had to drive off the despair that threatened to overwhelm her. A whimper escaped her lips. Kestrel? Corran? Shed never been so happy to hear another human voice. Are you all right? Her eyes, unused to the absolute blackness, probed the dark for some faint image of the paladin but saw nothing. I have a terrible headacheI believe I lost consciousness for a while there. What about you? She heard him moving, his armor scraping against rocks and debris.
