Carelessness and overconfidence have always been punished very harshly. But he was destined to realize this only now, when he was being dragged away from the dungeon into the eerie and scorching light. He whimpered and gurgled, trying to escape, but to no avail. He was too tired to do magic, and there were too many people.

In an abandoned punishment cell, looters made their secret hideout and sold all the loot there, because people were too afraid of the worms that lived in the dungeon. Of course, wormface are scary when there are many of them, but one at a time they are an extremely easy target. It is not clear why they seized Tak-Ka's and what they were going to do with it, just to make fun of it or to sell it for fun to the city.

Tak-Ka whines softly, clinging to a stone when they try to pull him out of the mine. He's afraid of the light. The light burns and it hurts. He doesn't want that.