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    A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.


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    He did,But Ran’s people tried to kill us, so I don’t know how much of a difference it makes. We need to talk about this. This is too much for just you and me to sort out.


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    What I really want to know is how many?” Ken asked, and his face was full of the coldest anger that Rusty had ever seen. His eyes didn’t blaze, they were voids into pits filled with violence and murder. “How many kids have they killed? Those cocoons had soldiers and children


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    Fuck them,” Rusty decided. In his head, his mother raged at him for swearing, and he felt the phantom impact of her palm against his face, but it just made him angrier. “FUCK them. We can’t… no. We can’t help them. Even if we succeed, they’ll just, I don’t know, melt us down into charm stock or something. Or kill us and take our runes. Or both. They think we’re slaves.