Nerves

They gathered around their captive. A heavy vise gripped the Wisest Stone.

"He will come for us! I'm sure of it," said one of them.

"But now we have his teacher. We will learn all the same secrets." The scarred man nudged the Wisest Stone with his sledgehammer. "Well, Stone? Have you nothing to say?"

"No," said the Wisest Stone.

"We will smash you if you do not speak? Why risk that?"

With a soft sigh, the guard at the door crumpled. Taku strode in, knife in hand.

"Because I saw him coming down the hallway," said the Wisest Stone.