"And you're not even going to time it today? That's exactly what I was talking about." With that, and in one unreasonably dramatic movement, he pulled his coat off and swung it up over his shoulder. "Well, after you."

Still, they didn't have to go far before they could get started. Just a few steps away, pushing through the trees, they found themselves looking out over an entire clearing of slumbering grats. This was hardly stealth practice, of course, and even before they'd drawn close enough to strike first, several of the monsters began to stir, pricking up their tentacles.