AS THE HUNTERS FACED MARIYA, ABALA WOULD RISE BEHIND THEM AND YELL AT THEM.  AS THEY TURNED, MARIYA TOOK HER ASA STAFF OUT FROM HER CLOAK.
IN TIME, LEGENDS OF THE TWO MASTERS OF FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE AND MAGIC SPREAD INTO MANY OF THE LANDS OF OUTSIDERS.  THE PAIR WAS HUNTED BUT THEY ALWAYS MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
QUICK STRIKES ON THE BACKS OF THE NECKS FROM THE POTION-LADEN SPINES AND THE HUNTERS FELL TO THE GROUND.  WHEN THE HUNTERS AWOKE, ONLY TWO PUNCTURES ON THEIR NECK OR BODY REMAINED.
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ASA FIRE
ON OCCASION, HOWEVER, THE HUNTERS CAME CLOSE.  ABALA AND MARIYA HAD PLANNED FOR THESE CONFRONTATIONS. WHILE MARIYA MADE HERSELF VISIBLE, ABALA HID CAREFULLY.
 IT WAS CERTAIN!  THE TWO HOODED FIGURES HAD TRANSFORMED INTO SNAKES AND STRUCK THE HUNTERS.
THE ASA 
STAFF OF
‘FIRE’
NOT SURPRISINGLY
TEM (SERPENT); TEM (STUNG BY A REPTILE, BITTEN BY REPTILE); TEMTIT (SERPENT ON ROYAL CROWN) (EGYPTIAN)
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