(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

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"You're saying you could forge a weapon to kill an immortal?"
"How do you know what weapon to use?"
"And how do I do that?"
"Hmmmm. Could you forge a weapon that would kill me?"
Where once it was so dull it could barely cut butter, it seemed keener now
as if knowing its purpose. Coaxmetal had done his job well.
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Soon this edge would carve against my neck, spilling my blood red and hot
against the icy cobbles. Soon my time would end. Soon... I would rest.
But not until I saved my friends.
The heavy door, a spiral of metal wedges, was the only entrance I could find.
My hands explored its edges, knuckles rapped against the surface seeking
the mechanism inside. Annah had given me plenty of pointers on how to
break in, but with an unconventional fortress there must've been
unconventional locks-
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