Final Battle?

"Yipe!" There was the sound of something heavy hitting the water very hard.
"Brute is down!" shouted a voice directly into the heroes' minds, "he's definitely uncon--Ambassador says she's on it."
The telepathic voice's owner turned in time to see the boulder just before it struck him, but not in time to evade or deflect it. He actually shouted out loud and not directly into the minds of his teammates, something he never did in the middle of a fight.

Penance

                “You can’t sneak up on me, you know,” said Wilhelm, without looking up.

                “Wasn’t really trying to,” answered Andrew, “but I am surprised that you heard me.”