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boomed across

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closing the distance. "I am your Alph

ed and

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arm. His gri

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muttered, his voice st

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ale, shaking, clearly o

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thought, pan

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red, her voice faint but

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aw a faint, silver lig

e surfacing, trying to heal me, trying to

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