Just supposing your roast chicken was the letter-sender.
Shadowy creatures, startled by the twins, fled into darker hiding spots. I took out my own cigarettes and lit us.
Leaning on his staff, whose crystal seemed to shine more brightly in the chill darkness, raistlin walked forward until he stood in the center of the hall. Once the captain was satisfied that its lashings were intact, he went aft to the sterncastle.