Surprise attack

As D passed, the farmer clucked his tongue in disgust and pulled back his
spear. Since his cart was so large, there were fewer than three feet left to
squeeze by on the side of the road. The point of his spear swung around. An
instant later, it was shooting out at full speed toward D’s back.

The blue magnetic glow never would’ve suspected that at the very last
second a flash of silver would drop down from above to challenge it. D’s
pose didn’t change in the least as his right hand drew his blade and sent the
front half of the spear sailing through the air.

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