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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A small mouse dreamed in a box of yarn by the inn’s hearth</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sherry was enjoying </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most satisfying piece of dream gouda </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">watching </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">play she had seen so long ago</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chair </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">built for a child</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">actors had been nice enough to loan her a cushion</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">watching a man smash a paste gem </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his prop sword when someone sat </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">empty seat beside her. She nodded to the man and continued to watch the soliloquy on stage</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heigel looked around nervously</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Suddenly, </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">window exploded outward, </ins>and a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">smoking rune landed at his feet</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mage shook his head and knocked on the door. When the frustrated mutterings on the other side didn’t acknowledge him, he entered the house. The room </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cluttered with books, runes</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">random artifacts piled against </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">walls</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The table </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">covered </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dirty dishes and highly toxic reagents. A disheveled mage </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blue robes stood at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">center of a pentagram</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">listening for </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">few moments</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the man beside her started talking, “As this is one of the few events I did </del>not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">witness, I often wonder </del>if the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Stranger understood the importance of his act</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Did he know that shattering the gem would lead to everything that followed?</del>”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn didn’t seem to notice him, so Heigel waved at the other mage. Gilforn smiled at him and waved back, before starting another casting on a blank rune. </ins>After a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">second shattered window</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn seemed ready to talk. “I don’t understand. I’ve double-checked my calculations. The arcane geometry was perfect. It </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </ins>if <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">some massive structure is occupying </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same ethereal space as Britannia or anything</ins>.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sherry turned to look at the speaker</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He appeared </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be an older human, wearing a light blue robe</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He was smiling at her, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. He would have been perfectly normal if not for his shadow, which formed the silhouette of a grandfather clock on the wall behind him. “Do I know you?</del>”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heigel coughed</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“I really need </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">speak with you</ins>.”</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The old man nodded</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“I spoke </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">three people that night: a virtuous king, a doubtful lord, and the small mouse who would tell the world</del>. I <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">met </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the others each again, so it seemed fitting to finish the circle. My name is Hawkwind.</del>”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn gave an embarrassed grimace. “Sorry</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it’s so easy </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">get lost in one’s experiments</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">What can </ins>I <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">help you </ins>with<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">?</ins>”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sherry stared at the Time Lord in awe</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“So this is not </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dream?”</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heigel started his practiced spiel</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“I’m calling together Moonglow’s best and brightest, because I believe we face a crisis. After talking with </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wisp—”</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sherry looked around the theatre. The audience were not the people she remembered, but strange beings. There was a granite-faced man who watched the play in silence while being waited upon by skeletons. A blustering red-faced man holding a great torch shouted at an usher. With a voice like the wind across crystal, a laughing woman sang along with the minstrels on stage, but the laughter did not reach her cold eyes</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">An older woman </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pale skin and blue hair stared at Sherry like a hungry shark. In </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">back corner, there was something hidden by shadow</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“The wisp isn’t here</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I spoke </ins>with the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Xorinite creature earlier</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">”</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“What are </del>you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">going to do about it?</del>”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn looked giddy with excitement. “Ethereal pen pals! I’m hoping </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">said yes.</ins>”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“At this moment, what little I am capable of</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” Hawkwind’s body seemed </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shimmer slightly</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and Sherry saw that his hands and feet were bound. “With this sliver </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">freedom, I am talking with you</del>.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heigel realized he had Gilforn’s full attention for the first time</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Given the terrible threats that have come </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Britannia from across the Ethereal Void</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it seemed the duty </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a responsible citizen to learn such information</ins>.”</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“But I am but a mouse</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn replied, “And also you were really curious</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">”</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“You </del>have <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acted when others</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">more powerful </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">better able</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did nothing</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Those </del>you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">find and encourage will trust you</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">just as I did so many years ago</del>.” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hawkwind turned back </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the stage</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The play was ending</del>, and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">actors stepped forward</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There were hundreds of them</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all of Britannia, people she recognized and those she didn’t</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Those she needed to find</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They gave </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">great bow, and Sherry woke </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">clock striking one in the morning</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“That too. With the wisp’s help, I </ins>have <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">been exchanging letters with this other mage about the nature of the space between worlds, relics in the Ethereal Void</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">important current events that affect Sosaria.”</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn grabbed a scrap of paper and a broken quill from the table. “Tell me everything!”</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“I don’t want to go into details yet</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but what I’ve learned has me very worried</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">That is why I’m inviting important mages to meet at the Lycaeum tomorrow at dawn. Everyone needs to be there. Promise me that </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will hear what I have </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">say.”</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gilforn nodded</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Of course I’ll be there. I’ll even set my alarm clock</ins>.” <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He motioned </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a pile of tinkered gadgets and socks</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Hmm</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I wonder if all of this will change my calculations…”</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heigel bid Gilforn farewell </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">headed back to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lycaeum</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He looked over his list</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Dexter. Check. Dryus. Check. Gilforn</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Check</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Only </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">few more </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">invite. Everything is going so well.” Still he couldn’t shake </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">feeling he was being followed</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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A small mouse dreamed in a box of yarn by the inn’s hearth. Sherry was enjoying a most satisfying piece of dream gouda and watching a play she had seen so long ago. The chair was built for a child, and one of the actors had been nice enough to loan her a cushion. She was watching a man smash a paste gem with his prop sword when someone sat in the empty seat beside her. She nodded to the man and continued to watch the soliloquy on stage.<br />
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After listening for a few moments, the man beside her started talking, “As this is one of the few events I did not witness, I often wonder if the Stranger understood the importance of his act. Did he know that shattering the gem would lead to everything that followed?”<br />
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Sherry turned to look at the speaker. He appeared to be an older human, wearing a light blue robe. He was smiling at her, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. He would have been perfectly normal if not for his shadow, which formed the silhouette of a grandfather clock on the wall behind him. “Do I know you?”<br />
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The old man nodded, “I spoke to three people that night: a virtuous king, a doubtful lord, and the small mouse who would tell the world. I met with the others each again, so it seemed fitting to finish the circle. My name is Hawkwind.”<br />
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Sherry stared at the Time Lord in awe, “So this is not a dream?”<br />
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“All dreams touch the place I walk, but some dreams are something more. I have much I need to tell you, but we are not alone.”<br />
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Sherry looked around the theatre. The audience were not the people she remembered, but strange beings. There was a granite-faced man who watched the play in silence while being waited upon by skeletons. A blustering red-faced man holding a great torch shouted at an usher. With a voice like the wind across crystal, a laughing woman sang along with the minstrels on stage, but the laughter did not reach her cold eyes. An older woman with pale skin and blue hair stared at Sherry like a hungry shark. In the back corner, there was something hidden by shadow.<br />
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Sherry whispered to Hawkwind, “Who are they?”<br />
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“Powers and principalities. Great beings who have noticed Sosaria for the first time. In trying to avert a tragedy, I have inadvertently drawn their attention.”<br />
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“What are you going to do about it?”<br />
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“At this moment, what little I am capable of.” Hawkwind’s body seemed to shimmer slightly, and Sherry saw that his hands and feet were bound. “With this sliver of freedom, I am talking with you.”<br />
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“But I am but a mouse.“<br />
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“You have acted when others, more powerful and better able, did nothing. Those you need to find and encourage will trust you, just as I did so many years ago.” Hawkwind turned back to the stage. The play was ending, and the actors stepped forward. There were hundreds of them, all of Britannia, people she recognized and those she didn’t. Those she needed to find. They gave a great bow, and Sherry woke to the clock striking one in the morning.<br />
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* https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/fiction/the-shattered-obelisk/hickory-dickory-dock/<br />
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