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“Now you know”

He was right — I did know I just didn’t kno

“What have you done tomy head

He shrugged his big Scandinavian shoulders “We already told you”

Dae was confident and relaxed

“Alright, I think we’ve waited long enough”

They stood up Keeping their heads low, they motioned for me to follow

“What happens,” I asked with a whisper, “if you don’t get these totems back?”

They glanced at each other again, then back at me “It breaks the last link with our past lives,” said Broderick

“Which means?”

I’d asked the question already knowing I wouldn’t like the answer

“We eventually lose the ability to remain human”

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DAMIEN

The wind hadn’t been right all night It was better e rolled out, though Maybe the best we’d get