Daniel pulled his hand behind his back, slipped the doll into Veil's Pouch, then brought both hands out in front of him.
"What? My hands?"
Bernard closed the distance between them. "I saw you holding a stick."
Daniel blinked, wearing a puzzled expression. "Oh, that? Yea I just picked up a twig from the ground and tossed it away."
A sigh of relief escaped Daniel as Bernard's expression eased. Even so, Daniel continued holding Veil's Pouch in his open left hand, invisible to everyone but him.
"What happened to your training?" Daniel asked, his tone casual as he slipped the pouch into his pocket.
Bernard pulled a bucket of water from the well and began washing his arms and legs. "In a few hours, it'll be morning. I'm heading back."
With that, the two of them returned to the dormitory and went back to sleep.
Not Daniel.
His mind raced as he cooked up a plan.
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