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Soon, I would rise
"Why haven’t you taken another"Because your powers are suffering?"
They continued weakening I had a theory about that, but I pushed it froht some pictures with me" I collected h I wanted to learn more fro rasped for other subjects
I opened up the fah thees Yet then she stared at a large picture of my father
I said, "I wish I could remember him"
"David used to carry you around the farht and took you to the river to skip stones He drove you around to pet every baby animal born in a ten-mile radius Laht you to the crops and the gardens Even then, you would pet the bark of an oak and kiss a rose bloo that day, you’d fall asleep in his ararcane, the farm, theMy roots were there, but I kneould never go back Jack’s dream had been to return and rebuild Haven A drea ho would remind me of the love I’d lost
"David’s death was so needless," she said "Don’t knohat he was doing near that cane crusher"
I snappedtrip in the Basin"
She frowned at me "He did Of course"
Chills crept up ? Why would she, unless
No, no I shookI had, understandable if she’d had strokes
With all the double crosses of the game, I was paranoid She’d loved my mom Mom had loved one forever," Gran muttered "Nearly broke yourweaker If you don’t win this ga Karen’s sacrifice for you will !" For the hundredth tiing fruit"
My well of patience spat up sand, dry as a bone I slaree with you about the other Arcana here We should avoid discussing the there were none Every conversation led back to the murder of Aric and my friends
As if I hadn’t spoken, she said, "Weaker, weaker Take the icons while you still can Even Death’s Seduce him out of his armor, then strike Use your poison kiss!"
I lost it "I a Aric I will never hurt him!"
At last, she seemed to have heard me Comprehension lit her eyes for the first time in forever "Dear Godyouyoulove that rew red and blotchy "You don’t deny it? You will rue it!" She went into a coughing fit "I-I spent eight years in an institution, caged, trapped--for you! But you refuse to hear me To see"