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ad run dry and my heart cold

ich I found where my father

so much might. Still seated, she does not raise her head or look at the others. I have a question. I ask her."Why did your gods not fight for my people? Why did they all fall silent, as those who did not worship them stain our land with blood and take from us?"The ways of the gods are not the ways of men."You should go and eat," she encouraged. Still in the same spot, not moving. I sit on the rock while the two girls bring me dinner. I thought I would be served with vegetables alone. I saw the garden. But before me, there were meat, grain, and vegetables, and all served in different earthenware. I ate, but not much. When I was done, I went out to watch the sky. I lay on top of the patch of grass in the cave and rested there. Lost in the night sky, I don't hear Ara come close. All I hear is her narrating why she had been spared. She began, "I went to see my auntie in Tela because of my fathe

n to face me, she was still lying, and I could guess she was talking in her sleep. I turned to look at Laziza to see if she had heard the seer. But to my surprise, the two were still sleeping. I stood and went out, and it wasn't fun knowing someone was watching me. I rush into the woods, and when I return later when the sky is overhead, I see Ara by the mouth of the cave standing and worried."What is wrong, Ara? I ask, thinking

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her hair, humming a tune I do not kn

the cave, but La

the two into the w

awkward. I waited for her to conclude that I was heading to the village befo

ually; we can't stay with the seer fo

our village was attacked......"Stay with me," I

ly there and watches me, and then she loo