Dragonstone 30

Chapter 30
The Generic Elves have made their way to the Silverwood, where Generic Elf #3 hears “a faint tapping, nearly rhythmic, as of a hammer on stone.” The elves confer for a page and reach no conclusions. Samurai Chick's tiger tattoo is consulted, but is unhelpful.
The Generic Elves leave for Generic Elfland, while Arin and Samurai Chick (and Samurai Chick's tiger, who is referred to almost as much as the actual characters) head north for Morkfjord. They enter Kaagor Pass, which leads through the Grimwall Mountains, and after about a page of travel and descriptions of mountains and mist, Samurai Chick's tiger “whispers of danger.” Apparently it's a magic tattoo or something. Hope you didn't expect any elaboration there. I shall assume it confers the Alertness feat.
They stop and string their bows, and then Arin . . . um . . . does something:
“Then she took a deep breath and concentrated, and looked through the fog in her special way . . . and although the mist yet hampered her sight, she now seemed able to see perhaps twice as far.” 
Why does Arin have this power? No idea. How does it work? No idea. Can all elves do this? No idea. Is this another expression of “wild magic?” No idea. Why does the text specify that she seemed able to see farther? No idea.
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Suddenly, a Random Ogre attacks! It jumps out of hiding and kills a pony. Ninja ogre! Samurai Chick throws a “shiruken” \~/ into its eye, and we are treated to an accurate representation of an ogre's roar, which is “RRRAAAAWWW!” The Arin shoots an arrow into its brain by way of its open mouth, killing it.
Arin and “the yellow warrior”\~/ determine that the ogre is dead and there are no more, before giggling like a pair of schoolgirls. “The yellow warrior” \~/ recovers her “shiruken,” \~/ and Arin cautions her to wash it clean because ogre blood is caustic. Then they ponder whether the ogre was the “One-Eye in Dark Water” they're looking for, since there's this gloomy fog about and the ogre (now) has only one eye. Yes. They seriously consider this. \~/
I would take back half of all the bad things I've said about McKiernan if it turned out they were supposed to recruit this ogre, and now the world is doomed because of their stupidity.
So, just in case, they decide to cut out one of the ogre's eyes and take it with them. Yes. Just in case the “rede” that referred to Samurai Chick also refers to a disembodied ogre eye. If this is the case, I can't wait to see what the “rutting peacock” is. \~/
Then, and I swear to St Tolkien this actually happens, they spend a few lines debating which eye to take.
I just . . .
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So they harvest their ogre eyeball – the damaged one, in case you're keeping track – and press on.
Drinks: 10
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