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membered th

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ld recover i

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f Sollel's ho

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ut Sollel'

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help. Cira wanted Solle

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ra's house, S

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dry, starting with

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ter Cira's es

ra's essence

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th her stre

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fight a doze

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nri

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as fast as

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uffering bec

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walking to C

basin in the

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behind tree

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the ground

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al Empire.

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is she?" th

ers a

answer. Ca

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ra's face t

r we will ex

a wanted

in pain as

pressed her

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l to be crus

n her mouth

was. She di

the woman?

peak or I will cut your

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-she already l

nin

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feeling the

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ptain Hamlin

m the elf's h

om him. The

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the north, we

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ly, especia

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iers. Whoev

them would

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at she lied

even if she

was about

ld still ha

escape, but a

ul

of Sollel escaping ease

mes larger th

rom the fore

ked weak tha

d laughing

it reached

formation, i

t Cira felt a

a

of the fire a

abbed Cira

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orest and es

through t

d blocked th

the moonr

was holdin

felt her s

y. She dro

moonrite. From Sollel h

elping

Mistress

Captain Ham

already im

eward he wo

ing the Mist

lin already

le attention

aximize the

hat he beg

el, his han

ed to its lim

weakening t

in didn't see how Cira'

ng while lo

that h

y was about

letely when

ength slowly

around an

with the mo

from the cap

ealized ear

weakening

made a pla

y, hoping t

l her stre

at she did made sense; she

e moonrite w

n their situa

gut feeling.

ths, speed,

stone and

r with that

cked his t

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d near him,

fore him. He

have what

up while she'

th the others and celebr

mlin was b

s lips twitch

stop think

nd the rewa

ce

tain's g

light after s

der his com

de of iron t

ught was sti

to everyon

e-eighth of

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to weak

eat, before

heir hands

oly iron cha

nd swiftly

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a distance b

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