*Not far from her she sees Mortar fighting some of his shadow forms. The first runs up at him, sword in a defensive position, but Mortar quickly decapitates it; the corpse fades into thin air seconds later. Form after form, body after body, after a moment there are none left. After a second he takes off his mask and looks at Astrid. When he sees her he puts on a wide smile* Astrid! It's been a while!