This was random, but very funny. The characters all seemed quite distinct despite the fact it wasn't a very long piece. In fact id did feel like an out take of a bigger story. I cna just imagine the three of them bickering all the way up to the dark tower, or where ever it is they're going.

The wizard telling Hale to kindly ** off made me chuckle. It was nice that the mage had some fight in him. From the title I thought he'd be a biit more..squishy. The fact that Hale got stuck with him becasue he was late getting started was amusing as well. I like the ide of him forgeting to set his alarm or something.

I enjoyed reading this - thanks for posting.