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The exposed muscle and sinew beneath burned at the kiss of dry air. I held the scrap in my hand and stared a moment. Its scarred, gray surface seemed more like a zombie's hide; it feels more like a piece of cured leather than a strip of skin. With the same scalpel I pricked my index finger, and the many possible regrets swam in my mind: what had happened to my companions, my actions, my past, all the dire events that led up to this point... “I regret the deaths I've caused, here and across the multiverse.” Before the wound could heal I squeezed forth several drops of blood and scrawled the regret onto the scrap of flesh. My rapid healing forced me to stop often to re-open the cut on my finger and squeeze forth more blood. Several moments later I finished, blood glistening on the scrap of skin... a combination of flesh, blood, and regret. As I watched the bloody regret dry, a wave of cold washed over me. I looked up; the black pillars to either side of the arch were glowing softly, motes of misty blue light drifting from their sides to form a shimmering curtain between them. Beyond the curtain, I could barely make out a weathered stone causeway leading into darkness. I licked my lips. "Everybody ready?" Nordom clicked, crossbows twirling in his hands. "Query: Received. Response: Nordom is readied and waited. Awaiting to profess further directives." "Actually, it's 'process'... never mind. Fall-From-Grace?" "I have come this far, and it would be rude of me to retire before the final hour." She smiled slightly. "Even if you were to ask politely, I would not permit it." "It seems I have no choice, then... Annah?" "I..." Annah shivered as another wave of cold emanated from the portal. "If 1121
she goes, I'll go, so I will. I'll not turn stag on yeh here, I won't... 'sides, yeh'd lose yer own head if it weren't attached. Yeh'll need a minder, so yeh will." I chuckled, "Perhaps so. Dak'kon? You with me?" His eyes were bright obsidian, his karach blade swam and flashed like quicksilver, "Your path is mine." "Morte? You ready?" "Eh..." Morte hesitated, glanced at the portal, at me, at the portal again, then gave a rattling sigh. "Look, I'm not going to say too much here, but uh... well, there's something I need to tell you..." "What? C'mon, Morte, we have to be going..." "Well, it's about where we're going... or eh, actually where... we've... been." "'Where we've been?' What are you talking about?" It was so subtle, I almost missed it - Dak'kon's blade flickered, the edge dulling. As I glanced at him, his hands dropped to his sides, as if he was preparing for battle. Morte stuttered "This... uh, this isn't the FIRST time we've been through this... you see, we've been to this 'Fortress of Regrets' before... though, we... I... didn't know it then." "So, from the VERY START... you could have TOLD me where the portal was, WHAT the portal key is, WHY I am immortal, WHAT happened to my mortality, AND the fact that it's in this Fortress?! Morte, I'll KILL you...!" I was close to foaming at the mouth, and I reached out as if to throttle him, if he'd had a neck. Morte looked alarmed and dodged, speaking quickly. "No! No! We... I... never KNEW any of that! It's not like you were always the most sharing basher in the Planes! That... that other you kept a LOT of the chant to himself, and we didn't even know WHY we were going to this place before or even WHAT this place was! I just know what happened when we GOT there..." 1122
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PLANESCAPE: TORMENT A NOVELIZATION
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You rarely walk these streets nowad
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e wise to be wary around their sort
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The stumpy warrior glowers and gnas
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Love. So soft. A shy girl, once, bu
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I rubbed my temples, "I... don't kn
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the walking corpses in this room ha
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closed. With that, I used the rags
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While Morte eyed the zombies I flip
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purgatory. There is only sorrow her
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"Thank you for your help..." I paus
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igor. The skin of his chest had bee
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A prickling sensation tingled along
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She leaned forward, looked at the h
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your own head on a pike until get o
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twice, before it rolled and came to
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strikingly beautiful, with long, wh
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I almost reached out to touch the t
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and twisted by the laws of the plan
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His eyes narrowed in suspicion and
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yet keen as a razor’s edge... Soe
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ash. The rash seemed heaviest aroun
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Chapter 8 The first time around was
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The man looked to me, eyes wide. Ap
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I approached him, and his eyes slid
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himself so well and so politely her
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streetcorners like a rat, I’ve he
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are given life and hate, cities of
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tenth Turning that, now.” Her tee
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I turned to face the speaker. His s
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meaning?” Lhar pressed the bacon
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me, I knew. It was that same terrib
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‘discussion,’ giving easy sente
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I nodded, “Sounds fair. Here’s
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I winced inside. My mind was still
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her tongue and rubbed two fingers t
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A solid punch in the face staggered
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I blinked, “So we’re locked in
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Hive somewhere.” He shook his hea
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with what he needed, as well as a h
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hollow room on the other side. I gi
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planks and sheets of metal. Those n
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coughed. "Well that was remarkably
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I left Nodd to his head-bobbing and
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getting the information is your dea
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from a corpse. Strange how that wou
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I was wary of the sharp-fanged seed
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He couldn't seem to take the eyes o
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Chapter 16 These things couldn’t
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"Shallow?" he gasped, and reeled ba
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I cleaned my knife on the clothing
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Leaving out the corpses I left on t
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odd seed... are those teeth along t
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or witch’s brew or somesuch. Whil
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I felt a little guilty biting into
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itual, though." She took the stacks
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"The lines show anger: Do you take
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lack and red." "Three robbers, dres
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I whistled, impressed. Morte quirke
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"Hello." "Oh... 'lo, sir." She squi
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perchance?" My hands still searched
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Interlude "And thus did the Nameles
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this... balance... is in order." Wi
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like the nine hells, but a gut woun
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gain all sorts a' odd powers! Make
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jest havin' the knack for the Art i
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"Go on..." "Ye put them in yer atti
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I grunted in agreement, looking ove
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Registered Servant of the Dustmen,
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There was no rush. Curious as to wh
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The wrinkles in her face ran deep,
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"Now don't be saying that too loud.
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The man's eyes widened, "Eh... now.
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I bit back a clever remark. Best to
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on me, she spoke sharply, but not a
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"Why not?" "That's the spirit, lad!
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It's divided into six wards, each o
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at least. "Tell me of the Inner Pla
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that stagger the imagination, built
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"Tch, hey. I told you we shouldn't
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is beyond the powers of comprehensi
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through the branches of a great tre
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founded our race. He knew the githz
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travel your path with you." I grunt
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motions, knowing the frailties of t
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familiar itch as my body kicked int
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A quick word with Baen the Sender w
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"Those little pikers better not com
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Chapter 24 The cool, dry air was om
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Fell nodded, symbols appearing arou
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A string of rebuses coalesced yet a
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I quelled my shock, and after a mom
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Blade clashed against bone as we pr
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spread across his face and he began
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which I seek to seek ME out? What a
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Apparently he'd never tried Gar-Bar
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I nodded, then twisted my head back
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With money, spells, and a little mo
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mourn it forever... even now, the d
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Chapter 26 The next day in Ragpicke
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"I don't know my true name." Reekwi
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Reekwind shook his head. "He lives
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“Morte! Give the man back his fin
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~~~~~ "Oye there, cutter; well met
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in its foul grime and juices. As I
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drew suffering to him as a lodeston
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Chapter 27 It's almost embarrassing
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you must know of the People. The kn
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He gazed at me for a long moment, t
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language. The Scripture of Steel. I
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Dak'kon had to support me as my wou
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coppers, a strange picture frame of
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everse. The visceral senses come fi
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From what I could see, it looked li
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"Put 'em aside, Marta, that's what
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look at this... I see, I see, cut t
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vitality rising up under her skin,
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Damn. The woman had returned to her
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"Rightfully yours?" it was hard to
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Chapter 30 The recesses of Pharod's
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"Chambers, vaults, corridors... fil
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corpse." "What is the Buried Villag
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Pharod smiled, greedily. "Not all t
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A distant, inhuman noise, half-grow
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"Perhaps this downtime would be goo
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I glanced at the plate he had given
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copying the new spell and memorizin
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The elf purses her lips and toys wi
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"Ugh. Chief, I really really hope w
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"In that case, perhaps you can answ
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frantically waved my hand to signal
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more apt. The small chamber held th
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"Hey, do you think this embalming f
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Chapter 33 "Hrghllll..." You know t
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profane oath I could think of. "Oh
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though the latter was uncooked. Yec
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was a humble shadow of faith here t
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The skeleton, its eyes aglow like t
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"He speaks no more than necessary t
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"Tell me about Soego. I've met him
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~~~~~ "I found and killed a group o
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simple things pulled out of the ass
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She indicated herself and spoke aga
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Dustman might've attributed it to a
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"I know! Sheesh, let me tell you th
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I caught on quick, and began runnin
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Obelisk, or 'The Hangman's Pillar'
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that strange realm. And one day, wh
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more, no less. And as for my place
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choice ones he had learned on the s
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into the fold and for her unwaverin
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was difficult to keep the snap out
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And Soego's throat sounded a hoarse
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thoughtlessly." "I won't be caged!"
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Dak'kon crossed his arms and breath
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for a closer look, only to see a wi
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"He rules because he must." "But if
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Totems were set up in several corne
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"We're coming, chief!" Karach sang
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slaughtering vargouilles with each
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cheer. Tucking the disgusting thing
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at the patrons, his threats of arre
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premium black-box items on the list
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whole body was numb and my movement
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entrance corridor. And the only way
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I strained trying to open the sarco
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“What little life there is in the
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only a single key lying within: no
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"All right, here's what it is: Ther
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The guard straightened up. "You got
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Pharod studied me with a critical e
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Swinging an arm back I gripped the
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take him down... I had a Collector
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"Fine. Next question... what did yo
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"Ah, what now?" I recognized that t
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t' nick ye... wait, wot's yer name
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"What's this now?" I asked, opening
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"Failed, failed..." Reekwind broke
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"We've got enough jink to settle so
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"The chief's just like that. Sure h
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luck we were able to find Brasken's
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Razorvine had covered much of the w
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"I told yeh..." Annah mumbled, her
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I screamed in an attempt to stop hi
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Interlude "Oi? What's this about th
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Lady, and his temple and all things
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can keep the gem if you want." "I d
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sagely, "now you've exposed it to t
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"Are yeh daft?!" Annah turned to me
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Fell examined it for a moment, trac
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"Very well. Fell, what of the tatto
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Morte's grin withered under Annah's
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Chapter 43 We entered a small room.
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"What are you doing in here?" "What
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"Thanks, Annah." "No need. I'm keep
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Chapter 44 The empty abodes were du
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ad..." "Oh I dunno, fiendling. Ever
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"Who are you?" me. "Where am I?" th
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Annah's lip curled, "Uh, it must be
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I shuddered, "You can now divide wi
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more... In the darkness two voices
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It was the chill of regret. Pharod
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watch himself just to pad her coffe
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zephyr like lovers in copulation, a
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urinating on my notes he spends muc
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"So I turned to the Xaositects, and
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She nodded in the direction of one
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people. But not mages." She paused.
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first came to know the way of rebel
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a gentleman..." He glanced at me, t
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Chapter 46 Chaos. It was something
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A charred metal tang curled my tong
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ominous presence. No one seemed to
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dim, nearly forgotten over the year
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The air around Grosuk began to radi
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palm. Murmuring a complex chant, he
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I turned to face a man with rough,
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weight of decades, razor-honed with
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worse in Sigil than slave trade...
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"This way," Annah said, leading me
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"A what?" Annah sighed, "A thief or
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He sighed and shook his head. "Ther
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destroying all illithids across the
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then in the Fourth Circle, it speak
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"Githyanki rats," the zerth proclai
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I smiled wickedly, "You know what I
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Lenny smiled. "Go to the warehouse
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Here are the papers you want, sir!
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"Well, you'll be happy to know this
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Dak'kon's movements and ignored min
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I leapt between the two, "Stop this
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We must've gone down ten, fifteen f
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"Just let him go." Lothar's hands t
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Village dwellers can help to extend
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Annah suddenly leaned in, and clasp
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"Besides, most o' these coffins 'av
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of her collapsing and whispering he
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The words came, unbidden, with the
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my hands through my hair. "How did
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melted in the ensuing dischord unti
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~~~~~ I was amazed that I didn't co
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"You need serve me no more, Dak'kon
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"Look, Mantuok..." I said carefully
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small whine leaked from his maw. Qu
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attention (and he never did) he was
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"However you choose to define it, G
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is physical, and not all emotions m
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At the other end of the room, Lotha
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A distant scream echoed from below.
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"Aye, I did - and yeh'd have done t
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Kelm glanced at the other guard, wh
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My jaw dropped, "But... he's your f
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She shook her head, "I'm sorry, chi
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Sigil truly was a city of wonders.
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sir." I sighed, "Were it only a tal
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golden hair. "How may I help you?"
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"Yes. I hope that by learning the a
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some refreshment?" A small teapot h
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"Ye'd best latch yer bone-box, skul
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A white-haired old man in dingy cle
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courtship splendidly, his siblings
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frowned. "So... by any chance you h
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"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... pox on
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"Oh, don't you 'excellent' me, like
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eeze... or the hissing of serpents.
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"I'm trying find Vivian's scent...
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I hadn't met her yet... I wasn't di
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continue the debate..." As hard-pre
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There was the meaty sound of a set
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She raised her eyebrows. "Now that'
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commands of their immediate superio
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Mercykiller's reply. "'Then I spit
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If that was the kind of story Annah
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"'You've had two wishes already,' t
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Well, I had other things to do anyw
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Standing guard wasn't exactly out o
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the Art is quite impressive." "Fine
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fondling their private things!" I s
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desire my company." "I do." "Oh mis
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on from there. The denizens of the
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"Yes, it does. After all, 'fall' ca
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The man I ran into on the way tower
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can ye learn more from me." "Thanks
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"I am Sarossa, daughter of Sandoz,
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when I approached, getting them str
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Chapter 60 Down past the lecture ha
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as one would finger a cauterized st
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"Anything I could do to help?" I of
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and a chin stained with juice, I pr
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"You look nervous, you've seen this
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uilt into the siege tower itself. "
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"What happened?" . "You said that s
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~~~~~ The Sigilians of the Lower Wa
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that, though I am skilled, but cont
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engrossed in whatever tale that Ham
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"Yeah! Mind your own!" Morte interj
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~~~~~ "That- that girl!" I grumbled
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He stared at me for a moment and th
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Hamrys quickly scurried outside, ma
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sinuous curved stone. In the periph
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and braid until the rope lashes the
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When sensation and warmth began to
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work area is off-limits. My apologi
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"It means that I'm agreeing with yo
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the stern countenance of an adult,
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"Do you know anyone who can swear o
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your name etched into the handle. H
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~~~~~ Bedai-Lihn was no happier to
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Keldor's face was dry and heavy whe
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His voice was low and quiet, "About
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smiled, as if hiding something behi
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whined about loaning him some cash
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sharp, like blown glass. Her eyes -
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Nemelle touched her index finger to
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with you in your travels." "Thanks,
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Fall-From-Grace spoke with a coldne
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"What was it you said about her tra
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my own curiosity... there would've
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exotic goods) carried trays with sa
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Planewalkers came to our world and
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this chamber and three that lie alo
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Morte was more than eager to jump i
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Oh gods gamn you *hic* Jumble…. ~
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ack and forth, rolling like the big
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The familiar ashen scent of the Smo
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He looked puzzled for a moment, the
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"I know you..." The creature's face
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"SHIIIIP!!!" For half a moment the
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Oudilin's wings flutter, and he mas
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Chapter 67 "Yarr, matey!" Annah mer
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lingering smell of burnt oil or the
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lips." He waggled his eyebrows in a
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"And that is what awaits you after
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Mortals die so easily... and I susp
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and wore the brooch of the Sensates
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yours... my master." Its voice was
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"There are two secrets to becoming
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Vrischika narrowed her eyes at Dak'
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She took in a sharp breath, surpris
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A thief's reflexes are much sharper
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corruption and feed off of wickedne
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esting the lyre on one knee, "How e
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shy for some reason. We laid out tr
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"All right..." Annah put me through
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She nodded. "Aye, yeh've got it now
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At the end of my instruction, Annah
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"Are you... wearing perfume?" Annah
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asunder, vanishing into mist and le
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And I knew Deionarra was right. I s
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and wrinkled her nose. "...Baatoria
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"Yeah... a mimir's a floating encyc
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the Pillar of Skulls, but it's more
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egan again, a nightmarish horde of
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chased me around the Spire trying t
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You'd think that there'd be some me
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"Very well..." I expected a sizzle
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He stood with arms crossed patientl
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Dak'kon stared at the plates, his e
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my way. If I didn't rein things in
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Ignus stopped his rotation, and his
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hands." "You lie, supplicant," I hi
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So as much as I wanted power, as mu
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wreath, slowly burning the last rem
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to the pain I endured when Ignus ch
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"One moment... where did you here t
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not-too-kind terms. The Sensoriums
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'Psychosis.' I hold the point of a
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eaches my cheek - from my aching ey
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"But why not?" She waved a dismissi
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emember who I was. Suddenly, she fr
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‘Horrible Regret’ You stand on
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"Long live the Empress!" they cry i
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anything for it, no?" You nod witho
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shimmering in the lights of the can
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solid form as I wished. Many were l
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oots or to claw my eyes out and bli
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No! Please, oh, Powers above let me
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Her velvety wings wrapped around th
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their sheets, gulping down air as t
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keep in its pen!" the drunken woman
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Annah glared at Grace and Sarhava f
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Goncalves looked me over, frowning.
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Annah furrowed her brow at me skept
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It was a rather unassuming book hel
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"It's fine. And they're everywhere;
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looked like I'd have to catch it in
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I nodded. "Ravel was said to have b
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And then the air began to grow hot.
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I sighed, and tucked it quietly on
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any answers. I was just going to ha
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protocol in response, then speak wi
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"Rubikon is a worthy accomplishment
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Another nod, "All right... I will n
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Whoa. Dak’kon was right. This con
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eyes didn't rise. After a moment, t
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Nordom can guide us to the Evil Wiz
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"So, what are your plans now?" He s
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Even as lightning crackled, the bat
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I tried not to think of the walls t
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"You do that." I circumvented the t
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as he crunched down on the object i
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I examined the twisted little imp-l
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"Manners? What about that chocolate
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Evil, evil! Such a name, such a nam
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"Yes...?" "All mazes have portals;
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easons that the Planes shall never
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"I believe so. Can you research it?
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I stared at the streaks of the rema
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Sigil. This was all some three cent
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for a few more tufts of hair on his
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She was incredibly attractive; shar
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"I'd... best not. Farewell, Unfulfi
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for some time now. Have we met befo
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may find her way home." I couldn't
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e reconciled again. Thus, do not se
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with hope, I knew it was the right
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"Right! Now lissen up... this is th
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"If I were ta boil it down, it'd be
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fingers. "First off, ye stay th' pi
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"I would speak with him," she says,
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Chapter 82 Rumor had it this man wa
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one. Etched into the base of the ur
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dodecahedral puzzle-box and penned
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BURROWED into my gray matter, and I
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window shopping. ~~~~~ "Attention:
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I took off at a dash, fleeing down
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"Aye? Well let's see you get up on
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whatever wights might attack. Thoug
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For the crown of our life as it clo
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Despite the crudity of the writing,
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Maze Entry 13 Mapped out all the ar
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"Seemed so much longer than ten day
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damp cloth. "Chief, I have no idea
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Morte glared at Fall-From-Grace. "D
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"Introspective cycle commencing." N
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project to evaluate, catalogue, tid
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"Order processed." This was the bes
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than before. When he finally died,
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In the gilded halls of the Sensoriu
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plate..." She holds up a talon in f
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Chapter 86 "Do you know where I cou
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Yves smiled. "A fine tale, Nordom.
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"Then I'll find this Merriman, and
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memory-destroying waters still lie
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dumped the ice into his mouth... it
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of yours. Outwardly, though, I am a
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"I swear I'll look for a way to ret
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Tears.' "These were collected from
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"Are you sure? You seem suddenly up
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"I asked her about it, and she deni
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answer but no one else could. She w
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"Back for more, eh?" Ebb Creakknees
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anything to do with you after, and
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She puts her finger to your lips to
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"Hang on to your blades. We're goin
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drops sprayed over the creature, an
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cheek, my fingers dragged along her
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Dak'kon would've disagreed, but som
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"Ravel..." Grace replied softly, al
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already asked soooo many." Ravel's
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oom for choice." Annah made no resp
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"Hmnnnn..." Ravel turned, clacked h
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could slit the poor sod's throat ou
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"I think you did the right thing tr
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now a brilliant, perfect white, the
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Ravel's left hand plucked a hair fr
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Ravel watched with a curious light
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picked at her hair again, tugging o
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"It swallowed him, but I don't know
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"What are you saying?" "What if one
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you... a piece of me..." She took t
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Planes you will NO LONGER...!" "Rav
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A bright nimbus of light surrounded
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"One second, Morte," I raised a han
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drop. Long scratches had been gouge
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~~~~~ Her mazes were cold and still
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At first they were hairline splits,
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of sun-baked clay brick," he scoffs
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in a city, where no longer am I a b
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The dull crack of flesh sounded in
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"Why was the deva imprisoned?" He l
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formed were rife with the detritus
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Chapter 93 Marquez looked up from t
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"Hey Annah, I want to talk to you."
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"Aye?" Annah frowned, and looked do
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sour grimace, and he glared at me f
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Kester's copy was carefully-folded
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the people of this town. His eyes a
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Crap. ~~~~~ You'd think that buildi
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The githyanki's eyes narrowed. "I h
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standard rust-brown armor. He turne
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whatever bargains you like with it,
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diagram by erasing a small portion.
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do this?" "Trust me, I'm in the moo
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I hate these things. Trelons are mo
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"You've done splendidly, Annah." I
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"If things get out of hand in the c
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kill me and that makes it hard to g
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shrugged. "I'm patient. One day he'
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the somatic components... vaguely.
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or one you won't give?" Her rosebud
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Grace stopped me before I could con
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Chapter 98 "So it's a prison?" Anna
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white. His wings were charred, the
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Trias smiled, sadly. "No. But you w
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the greatest weapon of a dead Abyss
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esonated between my ears. I tumbled
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Chapter 100 The northern tunnels we
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I felt the beginnings of a memory s
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"How were you imprisoned?" Vhailor
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lade, disciplined will tempered by
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"On that point, we are divided, Vha
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"I won't let you harm either of the
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out of Sigil. Ah well. Just wait a
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~~~~~ The memory blackened, running
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you. You may not HIDE from punishme
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lood spurted from the shattered joi
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lover... but I killed you an age lo
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It took an effort to stand, and I s
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"You are an abomination! I should b
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along the horizon. "Sandstorm?" I m
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"Have you come to kill me?! Torment
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eplace rage with cold methodical cr
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"How can MORONS speak so much?" Fhj
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"I'm- I'm not sure..." "You know wh
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The Pillar of Skulls sprouted from
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a few whispered quietly to themselv
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MEN -- ONE IN MANY MEN. EACH ONE --
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Fear warred with disgust in her eye
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MANNER OF WASPS." And then it dawne
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The strange, sulfurous musk of Fhju
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new, and I looked around warily, wo
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Unfortunately, I got exactly what I
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meet its mark faster, my digit worm
Page 1071 and 1072: Deep scarlet light seeped and rippl
Page 1073 and 1074: "You and yours have peddled secrets
Page 1075 and 1076: "My thanks, mate," Berrog dusted hi
Page 1077 and 1078: pieces are swept away and the peopl
Page 1079 and 1080: horde. Waves of amorphous flesh bro
Page 1081 and 1082: problem." "What's happening is that
Page 1083 and 1084: Of course, they underestimated my m
Page 1085 and 1086: The deva's face darkened. "I am doi
Page 1087 and 1088: We could deal with the sohmein well
Page 1089 and 1090: "Trias, even if you were in your fu
Page 1091 and 1092: was torn from. Your adversary knows
Page 1093 and 1094: fall. Even if by some miracle the T
Page 1095 and 1096: let out a massed cry of terror befo
Page 1097 and 1098: two." "I wasn't sure if you would b
Page 1099 and 1100: mortality has been trapped, and soo
Page 1101 and 1102: zombie's head creaked up in recogni
Page 1103 and 1104: than their eyes, cutter... some of
Page 1105 and 1106: Xachariah shrugged, "It's buried pr
Page 1107 and 1108: Chapter 108 "What do you know about
Page 1109 and 1110: "Help me find what I can, Grace." S
Page 1111 and 1112: Gently I cup her chin, and she lift
Page 1113 and 1114: that I might speak. "I will never h
Page 1115 and 1116: I let my eyes widen and my jaw drop
Page 1117 and 1118: Chapter 109 We spent our remaining
Page 1119 and 1120: "I can't give that up." "I'm not gi
Page 1121: Harmonium double agent. You've got
Page 1125 and 1126: "I died the death of faith. The sku
Page 1127 and 1128: time. Maybe when you end up settlin
Page 1129 and 1130: "It is my duty to preserve and prot
Page 1131 and 1132: scars deep and knotted into hard lu
Page 1133 and 1134: "If you brought others, then they w
Page 1135 and 1136: The door clanked. I stepped back as
Page 1137 and 1138: waiting. They stood eight feet in h
Page 1139 and 1140: yellow-green strands webbing outwar
Page 1141 and 1142: shredding her from the inside. A wi
Page 1143 and 1144: Polished obsidian eyes narrowed, an
Page 1145 and 1146: Nordom blinked, disregarding the bu
Page 1147 and 1148: Ocular view nodes damaged... vision
Page 1149 and 1150: "Sh-shut up, da," she hissed beneat
Page 1151 and 1152: questions and him running about the
Page 1153 and 1154: Most were eroded with age, their fe
Page 1155 and 1156: I thought it over, I really did. Bu
Page 1157 and 1158: half-crawling the last few paces to
Page 1159 and 1160: the other prisons. With the same pr
Page 1161 and 1162: "Have we ever had a name?" the calm
Page 1163 and 1164: "In simplest terms, we simply lock
Page 1165 and 1166: the bile and vitriol that was bubbl
Page 1167 and 1168: and blind wandering ebbed and passe
Page 1169 and 1170: the first of us will ever truly kno
Page 1171 and 1172: "The directions?" He nodded, irrita
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there are no answers in such a thin
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where nothing made sense, where str
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We struggled on the floor of the ch
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had done. To make me immortal." "An
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The regrets piled on with the weigh
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The first few hours I circled the p
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again. He looked up suddenly. Few s
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Her eyes were downcast, and when sh
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Chapter 116 I stood on the rooftop
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the men's souls. An'izius winced, a
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"So you killed them." "Then why did
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"If you claim you have the power, t
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nothing but the shades of those we'
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"It is the truth," I insisted, "Kil
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moments I had given life to another
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Annah. "No, I know very well what I
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lying here, you know, listening to
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"The knowing of one's self is a dif
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"Query:" he clicked, "Where is your
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I noticed her then: On the other en
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And he reached the crest, looking d
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some will claim that Ignus followed
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"Eeeh..." Morte seems to shrug, "No
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well-tended by the druids here. “
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