It was dark.  And raining.  And cold.  And Allison’s armor was beginning to chafe, despite its fine craftsmanship.  As she sat shivering in the bushes outside a temple in one of the more reputable areas of town, she looked at her friends on either side, faintly satisfied that they all looked as miserable as she.  Well, all of them but Jimmy.  Like the others, he had pulled his cloak close, but not for warmth so much as to hide the glint of the mail vest he wore over a light leather jerkin.  Th. . .

It was dark.  And raining.  And cold.  And Allison’s armor was beginning to chafe, despite its fine craftsmanship.  As she sat shivering in the bushes outside a temple in one of the more reputable areas of town, she looked at her friends on either side, faintly satisfied that they all looked as miserable as she.  Well, all of them but Jimmy.  Like the others, he had pulled his cloak close, but not for warmth so much as to hide the glint of the mail vest he wore over a light leather jerkin.  Th. . .