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kind of silence that wai

nees drawn in. Not crying.

t speak. No

face with a torn shirt. His

e now," he

ed, voice calm. "

d up, su

et hi

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ed like a blad

e nodded once. Slowly. Li

he power

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is feet. "That'

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he cut the grid. S

nd a flashlight. Switched it

y o

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been the

wled in som

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t ri

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esit

forward. "No

he said. "You're descended from

blin

, like...

. Raw. Wild. Untamed. That's why she wants you

at

lves are buried. If she opens it-she

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pack died because I failed. I was suppose

breath

.. w

the records. Hid your name.

ared a

, the room f

't anyone

you knew,

I still

't mean it.

ing. She was wa

d - a slow, deep rumble -

g above th

ell li

ng again,"

the cracks spreadi

pered, "