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With that the woman turned and began to walk down the hallway. Orphic followed limping and sweating as he went. The rest was not long enough for him, but given the situation he knew it was all that he would get. Besides the occasional moan the boy in his arms had not moved, and that worried Orphic. He had seen the results of blows to the head before, and generally they were awake after only a few moments. This length of unconsciousness sometimes meant that the person would never wake up.