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"Noise," she responded, squinting into the fog. "Just some strange th--" But before she could finish her sentence, the thumps returned - nearer this time, in quick succession, as if something was stalking them. "You heard that, right?" she whispered urgently, stepping closer to the black pirate. Bazi's tail fanned nervously behind her, and her eyeballs threatened to pop clean out of their sockets.