Jun 18, 2026 · 28 min · 9 segments
This month we are featuring a feed drop from The Penumbra Podcast one of the brilliant shows on the RQ Network. This episode is called “Knight of the Crown Lord of the Swamp Part 1 “and is from the…
[whispering] It was late at night, the first hour by the clock, my love, and the beast had me by the throat, its claws digging into my-
I saw the scar, Damien.
You showed me this morning.
Oh, but surely I didn't tell you this part, Rilla.
Is this the one about the monster's claws which were full of poison so thick you could see it in your veins?
Well, yes.
Uh, uh, all right then.
Did I tell you that my-
Leg was broken.
You were in the infirmary.
And the foul beast-
Had its tail wrapped around your shattered femur?
Well, did I...
You must not know, um.
[laughs]
What, what is it? Is there something on my face? Have I done something foolish?
You told me all about the bedtime basilisk this morning, Damien, remember? I made you the antidote to its poison.
Oh, yes.
I suppose I did.
Well, I'm just ecstatic.
What luck, a monster trying to kill me in my sleep, and when Angelo nearly broke our tie with that soggy parrot in the caves.
And that'd just be the end of the world, huh?
It would.
Look, Damien, I know you're worried about your contest with Sir Angelo-
Worried? I have no reason to be worried.
[whispering] It was late at night, the first hour by the clock, my love, and the beast had me by the throat, its claws digging into my-
I saw the scar, Damien.
You showed me this morning.
Oh, but surely I didn't tell you this part, Rilla.
Is this the one about the monster's claws which were full of poison so thick you could see it in your veins?
Well, yes.
Uh, uh, all right then.
Did I tell you that my-
Leg was broken.
You were in the infirmary.
And the foul beast-
Had its tail wrapped around your shattered femur?
Well, did I...
You must not know, um.
[laughs]
What, what is it? Is there something on my face? Have I done something foolish?
You told me all about the bedtime basilisk this morning, Damien, remember? I made you the antidote to its poison.
Oh, yes.
I suppose I did.
Well, I'm just ecstatic.
What luck, a monster trying to kill me in my sleep, and when Angelo nearly broke our tie with that soggy parrot in the caves.
And that'd just be the end of the world, huh?
It would.
Look, Damien, I know you're worried about your contest with Sir Angelo-
Worried? I have no reason to be worried.
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