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Dekarta nodded, unruffled by Sci Take the Stone, then, he commandedhand to take the Stone, and wondered if death would hurt My choice

Do it, whispered Relad He was leaning forward, his whole body taut Do it, do it, do it

No! Scie at me from the corner of my eye

I stopped

I blinked, not sure what had happened Soh the bodice ofnew: the tip of a knife blade It had eht side of my sternum, just beside the swell of e wet black

Blood, I realized The Stones light stole the color even fro? I could not remember I was very tired I needed to lie down

So I did

And I died

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Twilight and Dawn

I REMEMBER WHO I AM NOW

I have held on to o

I carry the truth within h

In the glass-walled chaall