LamentationsoftheTurnipFarmer

静松晨竹

position, straightening a grimace. spent, him. field, sundown, bailiff. soon, tarry. do, complete. a man, a wife, duties. of, wash, rest. house, a pottage, amiss. clouds, a horizon. manor, ablaze. windows, tattered, soot. fields, castle, on. now, home, a view. vantage, away. sight, streets, alight. bandits? estate? a a Knights, a foe. war, realm, summons. a a help, a houses. a man, wider, muscle. a armor, iron, a helmet. plate, visible, a hue. bandits, worse. King's army? towns. least, told. watched, a head, a Lord's sigil. a panic, a building. A first, triumph, another. settlement, scattering, roofs.
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"Didn't anyway," himself, a burn.
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5 ^* R' v+ F; W9 n, HA later, pottage, a a hand. stump, a spread. see, village, shoulders. now, collapsed, a a wave. fear, a hide, steal. wouldn't wouldn't fief. a traders, options. tithes, himself. woods, river, pleased. eventually, take? a him. sundown, put, ale. A passed, out. horizon, crimson, a town. anywhere. a arm, sweat, a expression. panting, him, stump. field, a distance. himself, a ale, around. a figures, man's heels, light. stump. a sigh, drink, field. a a away, a fight. closer, a them. scholars, a savage, South. more, own, more. mail, village, them. a a clothing, bodies, iron. leather, themselves. , flesh, skin.
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. realm, slings, mind. visible, a hue. a green, a olive, a tan. faces, eyes. teeth, horns, paint. him, thighs, grass. head, a axe, weapon's armor. husky. helmet, feminine.
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"You others, man?" growled. a tongue, understood. menacingly, a bellow. "You challenge!?" a look. him, it, panic? wasn't them. fled, they'd down.
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0 Z# `% |* q# v1 B( q"On feet, then!" demanded. "Die warrior's death.
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Krak'tul
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, men!" a hip, a knight's steel, triumph.
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"Nah," replied, drink. "I'm good." wasn't expecting, him, a shoulder.
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"We take!" barked, hut. "You defend. belongings, spoils!"
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"Go ahead," a shrug. "I don't stealing." guttural, language, action. pen, a a a grain. house, splintered.
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  n5 S3 M/ ^0 U/ [. L"Just a don't torch," sighed, helmet. "I here, know." head, a a thud, soil. belt, a her, feet.

0 N: T3 U: M1 p; J  P7 y- `- ?6 I"You fight!" demanded, weapon.
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"I'm
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," scoffed, tankard. "You'll a post! go."

"Then dishonor!" hissed. "Your
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- Y+ l. M' {5 B' K& ?& sKrak'tul!

"

* n& P3 g7 x* y"Alright, whatever," muttered. "I anyway." , a beams, linens.

& B5 b8 |7 E6 v. K# E"Excuse underpants," them. "I haven't a today." a Orcish, debate, fate. didn't pigs. them, helmets, him.
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9 V; I' O8 V6 L3 K+ F* ~"You surrender," declared.

" Y6 b4 S7 ^3 x"Is a question?" asked, eyebrow. "You'll I'm a bucket."

"You fight?"

# g* |2 `- ?" v' {"I'm a farmer, a knight."

* j) b: [0 L7 K" r"You Sharog," growled, a plate. "I honor. I

Krak'tul
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," a sky. "You weak, boy. chance," sneered, in. level, snickered. "Take sword. honor. a warrior's proud. else, surrender. dignity."
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# ~" @6 @& Q+ [  }- T8 Y"Can't dignity," replied, adamantly.

+ N) @1 C3 G% ]# S"Then submission," laughed, compatriots. "That
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, boy." able, a hand, dirt. struggle, strong, a belt.

5 ^, t6 ^9 h4 _+ @3 k+ A' G* N"Hey, getoff!" together. scene, a leather, ankles, a fish. "What doing!?" shoulder, stomach. a now, futile. Sharog's breeches.
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"Put down!" complained, legs. laughed, a affectionate.

/ N6 q! d# F( d2 x8 l6 @"Quiet now, boy. Sharog."

" v9 Y! Z  p8 T- u% {"What!? No!" protested. pig, a shoulder, ears. "Put down, oaf!" him, field, distance. village, embers. buildings, couldn't bodies. street, guards. that, Orcs, didn't wasn't time. spoils. Orcs, helmets. street, shopfronts, a a waiting. restlessly, Orcs, markings. carts, a fall, him. a appropriated, goods. vantage, carts, a chickens. wasn't down, ale, a blacksmith's structures. wasn't a sight, homes, wouldn't to. point. didn't captives. cart, produce, one. comfortable. haul, out, walk. weren't them, them, clattering. proper, smaller, column. forest, home. a loss. him, tomorrow, emotion. tithes?

"Didn't anyway," mumbled.

*** fallen, camp, a clearing. domes, a erected, elements. somewhat, by. night, clearing, Rian. cabbages, them. night, a campfire, crates. now, plates, creatures. flame's reach, number. fact, men, long, hair. counterparts, case. built. helmets, rather, human. a upward, a lips, back, bone, color. noses, too, bone. imagine, a egg, exposed. practice, hair. long, ties, a a rope. armor, imagined. plates, stitching. breeches, slings, loincloths, a weapons. wool, cold, winter. snowfall? language, supper, experience. a a a knife, feathers, a her.
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$ U5 q. D9 I0 t4 b4 H$ b4 G"Hey!" yelled, sacks. "Excuse me!" him, lettuces, direction. attention, a crate, fire.

"What want, boy?" demanded. hips, him. on, Sharog. afar, tusks, forehead. a nose, a bull, helmet. shoulders, beads, him.
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6 O/ y& F9 J2 W9 G1 r0 aSomehow, now, out. a a woman, a seen, physique. torso, limits. a a jacket, head, muscle.

5 O! g/ D, w5 @4 G; N- `"I piss," complained. lettuces, her.
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"Go piss," said, trees.
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. C4 G" x( }0 A5 j" A"How I that?" asked, bonds. "Are me, idiot?" in, straps. sling, sweaty, her. chest. freed, a wrists, more.

"You now," a smirk.

"What ankles?"

' r% j9 w- C3 P' N7 v"You hop," giggled, tusks. "Go hop, rabbit."

* O$ y9 L4 F: C# \6 J- [6 _"Your desired," a cart. him, didn't follow, couldn't her. options, legs, wouldn't anyway. now, near, didn't back. now, Orcs. returned, embarrassment trousers.

"I haven't a midday," cart. "Are me? Food?" reiterated, hands. "Do

, oaf?"
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"Funny boy," chuckled.
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"God me, I've simpletons," temple. "I

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' X* r+ Z+ A. D& l  c+ |"Hungry?" scoffed, him. "You warrior.
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/ d! J0 m: z$ u5 R6 M0 L* j. warriors. hound."

"Woe me," a eyes. "I'm shame."

& \4 Y# p" r1 T# C$ g, [7 m1 j"You look," huffed, chest. "I cake."

"Wheat cake?" skeptically. "You

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" a a cart, a him.
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"You eat. slave."
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"Well, I wouldn't
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' Q! B: `: Z/ ]8 Xinconvenience starving," hands. "How me." eat, a fresh. wasn't bread, morning. bakery, noble. pleased, bite.

0 X; \. `, q. V"Perhaps all," said, consider. "You tender?"

"Dirt tender?" a bread, brow. "I'm a that's you're say."
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( {0 u" _$ H' N- V8 r& p' z$ _6 s& ["You...make sprout," said, ground. "Make cake. turnip."
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+ t' Q' U2 G$ m# ?2 T3 B6 ["Lord me," sighed. "Yes, I grow."
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"We see," said, skull.
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"Hey!" away. him. "It's here, know. I don't a a anything. I'll here, you'll slave, you?"
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"You dressed," scoffed, down.
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1 p% V' g+ U" X  v  W"Yeah, lot," replied. "You're I tell. wouldn't in..." paused, a moment, core. skin, a visible, them. "You wouldn't were. It's soon."

"We long," replied. "Your cold."

"Yeah, a

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," protested. "You know, here?"

"You tent, fire, warriors?" laughed.
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"Let I'm allowed," grumbled. "Something
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"I idea," said, wasn't it. carts, one. a cage, peacefully. feet, him. a pig, abruptly, alarm. straw, it.
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% W: z/ w9 Z! L"Now warm," door. "Sleep friends."

"Your me!" camp. "Relax!" pig. Eventually, down, animals, sleep.

*** awoke, moving, terrain. time, noon, them. groggily, now, scrubland. a nothing. see, a man's knee. South. way, he'd heard.

" r7 u9 ~% c+ @! g& g"You awake." head, him. wasn't time, familiar. before, stripes. rest, a woman, a a cloak. counterparts, a color, a a tail. a end, a counterweight straight. pierced, lip, tusks. a green, Sharog's olive.

"It so," replied, stretched. hadn't beds, a face.
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% a$ b1 P# K$ Y2 r, x! a. o"You dung."

* D# f" Y# y5 g- ^* W"Really?" scoffed. "I can't why."

- E+ t- S; b" X# A) V"It pigs," explained, him.

2 x8 b/ C* j& f. }"Your unmatched," sighed. "Who you, anyway? I yesterday, didn't I? paint," added, pattern. "You farm."
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"That me," a smile. "We boy."
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"Three?" asked. "You, Sharog, and...?"

"Urami," replied.
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"That's a

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" r9 k0 p" H2 O  J# S  ?" a grimace. "I Blue?"
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; F: s# e0 x7 R- b3 W"Her blue," a nod. "My Ghorza."

- o3 ~; C# z& X* O0 K1 Q8 b- w  V7 ["Are me, Ghorza?" bars. "What's deal, anyway? me, didn't else? can't slaves, I don't here."
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"Most run," explained. "We go. defenseless. fun. A fight. sport, brave. warrior's

Krak'tul. surrender. life."

"I killed, yes," confirmed. "In hindsight, I run. I didn't rules, see. time."

"You strange, boy," eyes. "Most run, fight, sitting. you, blade. stupid, brave.

Krak'tul
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4 D9 E. U5 B; g0 m"What now?" pressed. "Sell me? me?"

"We you," chuckled. "You now. Sharog, Ghorza, Urami. you, you. camp," a shrug. "We see."

) T% N" g; d# y  [9 v1 ]+ k"We wouldn't

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3 X3 F% R3 _* R  t3 f"Sharog teacher," replied, him. "You well, you."
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& `# m% g5 i: p* U% y) ^' p"Then I wisdom," pig.

) N. O! Q4 e4 h6 |! g# V- ?"Why small, boy?" innocently.
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6 \9 t# n* e9 k7 l& |5 m: O( N"This turnips," a sigh. "I didn't you."

"You meat," insisted, pigs. "If chickens, groves? rabbits? streams?"
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"Dirt customs," a head.
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"I'm you'll ways."

1 k3 }( e3 z5 Y8 a# [% \*** quickly, a a day, march. yet, wouldn't chase, mustered. a drink, on, dusty. again, plains, furs. a hour, a been, a center. here, them, carts. happily, a tents.
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( C7 C$ C4 }6 J7 R, y! UFinally, cage, grass. days, ankles. wrists, suspiciously.

"Aren't night?"
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( |5 N# j' V; c: O. D"And where?" asked, them. "There miles, boy. to?"

"Fair point," replied, them. "Where going, anyway? from? I haven't fiefs."
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"We way," replied, distance.

"Yes, helpful," complained. gaze, however, a horizon. faint, a plateau. sun, low, stumps. "That's live? there?"

"That home," confirmed.
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"I've Kingdom," surroundings. "There's forests, crops."
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"We cross," explained, fingers.
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+ z& [& i7 ?- L. x5 |- f"You fief. wouldn't way. A border."

. z5 M7 Z7 B* \+ Z: x2 o) ?  v+ u"You look."

1 Z% u, J9 }2 w, k"Stop, you're me," a eyes. "I met, uh...Ghorza earlier.

me, Umami?"
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"Urami," replied.

& k( ]4 w# h. y1 b/ w8 S"Whatever. weren't me, you'd me. mean? destination?"

, d5 o" q6 f! ]8 X8 p9 w8 A"You surrender," explained.
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"Yeah, I that. I'm you're Tool, too."

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Krak'tul
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," chided. "He people. now, clan. slave."
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"I a there's I'm are," pointedly. "Why me, anyhow? something?"

"Not blood," chuckled. "We together," fingers. "We battle."
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  \+ \. m% w$ I0 v3 w- r( @"That up," scoffed.

* L3 R$ l, S. ^. a+ m8 B4 K"Good," a nod.

2 _6 N- U& v* C5 R. [# l+ W( e"No, I"

"You now," insisted, a cart. a a hands, it. "Clean cart."

) N( b* A8 g0 I"What, you're I'll around?" points.
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. @# Y* u1 S& Q- a/ D7 b& |' Y$ m2 Y  p1 l"Funny boy," chuckled, level. a head, gentle, forceful. "You warrior, spoils. Now, ask."

"You're you," camp. "Stab ass." familiar, work, cart. done, straw, a breather. ground, camp. fire, forest, a wheat. other, meals. didn't a farming? Ghorza, a paint. Urami. a counterparts, hair, neighbors. mean, bone. savages, a peacefully. scraps, disputes. of, underestimated, raiding. weren't march? watching, a a hand. him, stick. venison, he'd
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"Eat," insisted. "Slaves table."

"So I've informed," a bite. delicious, up. "This

scraps?

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0 T- y8 X( r: ?1 ~/ x; b% v"Small meat," laughed. "This you." Orc, subsistence, Rian's standards. He'd nobles.

"I I'll do," another, bite. couldn't salt, meat.

"You fast," nod. a him, a venison. spluttered, ale, water. "Turnip drink?" chuckled, expression.

( o: K; ]; P  z"I fine, don't it," mouth. "Say, I a tonight, I a again?"

"Pig now," said, pitchfork. "Besides, dung. tent."

9 K& o! t. N6 M"That's I figured," sighed.
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"You I expect," mused, him. "I struggle. told. captive."

"I wouldn't uncooperative hostage," scoffed, meat.
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"Plains night," continued. "No wind. I tonight."

"Well, better, doesn't it?"

" u# W4 t) i+ k" S  ?, C! }7 k2 o"Tomorrow home," continued. "There, clan. thrive."

"A colony?" asked, eyebrow. "So, afield? you've established?"
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"We North, lands," confirmed. "The borders."

"I'm I'll in," a smile. a wearing, him. heavy, a it, clear.
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"Sleep well, boy. Tomorrow, work." 2: horizon, scenery, approach. rocky, faces, a here.              imagined, forests, moss. a valley, barrier, awe. a days' these, he'd inkling. here, a bumpy, places. increased, flowers, foxgloves, thistles. a colony, rivals. hours, a a river. a it, side, a cliff, settlement. a a a stretch. afar, a a a logs, attackers. a entrance. a carvings, skulls, decorations. macabre, colorful, paint. a a horses, approach. gate, a inside. tents, larger, village. roofs, a within. stone, daub, thatch, a stretched. frame, it. colorful, red, blue, yellow, green. sat, place. flaps, a a frame. a structures, storehouses, a sty, a shed. fences, a a trough. a a courtyard, another, ground. them, dirt, wildflowers.
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3 u( o5 D1 O' @; r4 x4 x! uA arrive, a courtyard. party. haul, storehouses, another. didn't Rian, a pig. a a wave. situation, a a conversation. cart, a arm, work.

"So, colony?" asked, around. "I admit, I a little...
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." cliff, path. arrived, a inside. threshold, everything. over. a walls, a frame, privacy. planks, places, tapestries. inside, a circumference room, a rugs. furniture. blankets, belongings, dining. painted, woven, reliefs. a spartan, furniture, utility. arrival, stolen. them. a a hearth, ceiling. stones, a heating. a used. firepit, ceiling. windows, structure's penetrate, a diffuse, room. wasn't comfortable. Lavish, even. He'd merchants, welcoming. a walls, a accommodations.
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"You return," declared, him. "Do permission."

8 }# m* b/ W9 Y/ F; q"So, prison?" around. "What a fate..."

"This hut," explained. "All here."
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) R9 f, p! N' u+ g$ g"Including me."
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% d8 ?8 e- y. c- J"You fast," chuckled, stumble. "Behave yourself. problems, you."
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8 A; d* t5 _# ~' p% C"Wouldn't that," muttered.
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"I carts. Stay."

"You it," replied, door. her, captured. room, shelves. substances, iron, skulls, significance. plates, utensils, bowls. a loot. recognized, he'd of. symbols, talismans. walls, a loot. sizes, knives, shields, a knight. decorative, Orcs. hut, other, stature. a mind. back, why? alone, water, serfdom? thatch, meals, fields? a servant, with.
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# P9 y, k5 a: f3 cNo, fine.
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. him, him, it.
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2 _; i) ]# a* F) c. B% Z& h. Q"You Urami," said, woman. "I don't we've introduced." head, silks, a snarl. him, interaction.
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"Urami much," apologetically.

7 ~( |! ]% \9 i& o$ r/ k"Alright, know," away. afar, close, face. nose, them, paint. chest, a bumps. companions, skin, moved.

- w# T( w/ i5 K) Y. b8 F) p6 I; F* L"First thing," feet. "Turnip boy, pig."
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"Really?" sarcastically. "I hadn't noticed."
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"Dirt smell," snarled, intimidating. a producing.
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"Turnip boy!" continued, attention. "You fire?"

$ ^6 g3 v2 U7 g4 M( q' l"I'm I manage," replied.

"Wood there," said, room. "Start fire, river. bath."

"On that, agree," sighed. loot, logs. fires, didn't roaring, ceiling.

"You're village?" a hands. "You're I'll just...run away?"
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: H1 u3 g7 m# p8 G6 a( W! Q"Where to?" a shrug. "You warrior, tender. die."
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"You I
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chains," door. hand, business. pens, sheds. steep, footpath, him. property, her, ? gate, him. horses, a away. to, pail. , hut, footpath. warm, him.

! n3 e- {8 o& o/ z& a  S- g"It bath," said, her.              trips, satisfied, a temperature. gear, pants. a fire, relaxing, a a boot. furs, comfortable? Sharog's order, halfway. done, instructions, glance.
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"Go soaps," a a shelf.

$ |" t6 M9 `/ [; ~/ P( y  X/ V# x"Which ones?" asked.
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; `0 S  ]" l8 e8 e. u  F6 D"He bathe!" chortled, thigh.
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"Why you?" bench. investigations. glass, patterns, a cork. a it, a him. one, a fragrant, surface. cleanliness. soap, a ash, tallow, lime. perfumes, ones. South.

"Go on," done. "You now."

7 B5 n7 A8 `# g% k( c3 x"What?
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Now?

) \8 C* W3 Z/ b5 i( J# h# t& c" asked, seat. "With watching?" hands, , Ghorza's amusement. hand, a inside, engulfed.

"Hey!" protested. "I didn't a clothes!"

6 h; r! v; }2 n8 k  g) p& W" pants,
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I pants," sternly. fate, breeches, fire.

"That too," said, shorts.
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"Don't I least?" head, off, hands.

"I'm amusing," chided, him. tub, a temperature. waist, surface, somewhat. a sensation, tired, muscles. a deeper, smirks.
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/ b+ L" g' Z4 d& C' X"Here," said, a a a bath. "I you." bristles, back, reflexively. imagined, a accord. a scratchy, a way, went. surface, spine, a sigh. again.
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"I it," snickered. shoulders, fragrant, water. neck, a him. wasn't Rian, new, arms. head, a hair, a spine.
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before. home, a a hovel. care, gentle, strength. property, all. her.
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- v$ I' f3 k" }5 U! c& ["He himself," giggled. "We forest."
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' @" D# U0 r# i1 ]) P( b"They a tribe," admitted, hair. "But, tasks, him."
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5 K1 t/ o4 d, q$ I"You taught," workbench.

"We see," added. a hair, a tangle.

' {4 d' M5 u7 j" P4 I"Ouch!" complained. "Easy, easy!"

  k; ^  h+ `, i2 a- h: C"Hair sheep," a exasperation, backwards. a bottle, a slick, honey. mat, again, it. a attempts, smoothly, worked.

* y3 W. L+ R2 W6 o3 i# c/ [% M"He hair," commented, a couch. "Never before. mouse."

! _7 h5 v3 ?( Z"We long," suggested. "Maybe it. braids."
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/ n5 k$ i# [  R5 S4 ?1 X"He over," muttered.
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, ~$ l# {; [4 ~3 Z7 O: @) H"Is not?" snickered.
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"He captive.
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." water, days' sweat, grime, manure, been. anew, a flowers. shiny, all. neck, eyes, there. dirt, a pot.

5 Y+ K3 ~- S$ v/ B. F! {! R! y) F6 I"Wake up, boy," chided. "You clean, relaxing." a water, hands. a fire, off.

* Y9 Q  s) x5 A/ U"You now," remarked. "Would up."
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"How baths?" asked.

"Every day, raiding," replied.
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"Every day?" disbelief.

' U4 c" t2 U2 q"Savage indeed," said, a grin.
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"What I now?" Orcs. "You clothes, I don't me."

"Maybe children's clothes!" cackled, again.
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; X* P2 X, t2 ^1 J"We

* a1 ]4 }" H1 u' @  Fpeople," replied, room.

6 a  P: J& a0 q"Stolen, mean," a minute. returned, a arm, widening. hut. First, a undergarments, felt. a threads, insulation, a wealth. A followed, light, a them. a Lord, from. Finally, a knees. boots? didn't difference. dressed, Orcs, a skin. comfortable, airy, a tightly. perfectly, belt, a gloves. outfit, him. a read, a smile.

* D- f4 I2 d4 Z# y"How foolish!" laughed, gleefully. "Can things, Sharog? bartered, worn! walking, battle. quickly!"
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3 `8 R) u& s) O( C"It servants," mused, jacket. was. "Soft pretty. chores." work, room. embarrassed. Orcs, a jester, a life. leather, armor, lifestyle. A a day. a was, backward? way, tended. a cloud.

4 V. Z$ X/ o0 I. O9 p' H- O"Oh no," sarcastically, back. "What a humiliation, clothes! I shoes. I this?"
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0 U9 T8 J  n6 o$ n1 G* c5 `" O"You them," replied, a smile. "You dirt. here, pleasure."

"Such warriors,
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/ c( h! Q8 {! D* h; `" Y," sneered.
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5 [5 N: i* |$ a$ x6 \- a& b0 ["I duties," a sigh. hosts, didn't sarcasm. now, a value, context. a limited, language, it. a extent, didn't them. society? mockingly, sincere? further... dressed, water. a a a bottom, beneath, a pristine. him.

( [; S) {8 k6 [3 J2 u0 U1 {' r"We later," declared. "Now, eat."
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, ?! n. ]! f* u0 f' U"You meat, boy?" chair. her, a thighs.
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"Surely a venison?" scoffed.

"He hunt," explained, couch. "They land."

" Y! q4 a8 \/ O3 c; W"He a bow?" skeptically. "Then, eat?"

"Turnips?" a shrug. "Wheat cakes?" wasn't correct, didn't her. be, better.

4 L# @! y3 g2 |$ F"If anything, cooking," insisted. "Ghorza us. storehouse."
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"Alright," replied, couch. "Come, turnip." her, boots, courtyard. ease, a little, a outfit. ass. carts, a door. inside, gloom, a goods. shelves, sacks, pots, barrels. hooks, chickens. a familiar, fief. life. a venison, hook. a storehouse. village, all. didn't him. hut, spoils. him, all.

"This supplies," explained, wasn't obvious. "When cook, here, food." shelves, a goods. A familiar, fief. further, ideas, shoulder.
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9 v2 v* y  N% _$ l! g2 Z"Come, turnip. late." hadn't herbs, a meat. venison, not, meals. garden. a hut, a table, surface. surface, board. fire, workbench. a now, a attention, eyes. Ghorza's room, knife, glinting. iron, bone. over, her, meat.

  z# I3 H; h' I' y7 g6 k5 {"Watch," insisted, fingers. "You learn. a days. cut." blade, silverskin, meat. a table, it, on. Next, seams, tissue.

% h7 P" \. ]$ y" d5 n& a"Fat pot," explained. "We later. meat. muscles. this, see?" quickly, before, a muscles. a watering. occasions, Orcs, pottage. a diet. a skinning, aside. already, of. and, rarely, a pig. a firepit, one, flames. poker, back, satisfied.

2 Z! N( u0 k' ]0 B"You spit," ordered.
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, c) n. i$ `  P' `: i, A! E/ ]"Hopefully I a task," muttered, it. a height, a Sharog, a pace. "I say, I I these...humiliating clothes," added. "I wouldn't them."

"There from," replied, didn't her. wasn't work, think. salt, herbs, spices. weren't out. vegetables, dishes. nicely, a necessity, a a pantry. ingredients? for, shirt, them? nicely, it, a rumble. them? scraps, fine. a while, ready, was. a table, stools. dishes, with, a another. to. eaters, drink. table, chunks, bone. chunks. eat. A wasn't manners, a prince, chins. occasion, a chunk, a a boars.
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) [" n9 F2 r2 V% K6 a& C1 V"Ale!" chewed. a room, tankards, it. him, tap, keg. themselves, appropriating village. difficulty, table, surface. suspected, gulps, mouths. Ghorza's chest, cleavage. gaze. didn't clothes...
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2 A5 q' w% ?- u3 D( b$ A"Drink!" demanded, table.

"Uh, I'm if"
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( ~& l, k# }8 S; N2 K"Drink!" repeated, gesture. "We thirsty."
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"Well, insist," her. ale, thirst. a to, ingredients. a gulps, back, lips.
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! m: J6 O0 L5 X/ g0 U"Are hungry, boy?" a grin.

# r/ c; c7 @  V7 z; \, J/ d2 L7 m  x1 o"I've I'm scraps," replied.

"He least," muttered. a meat, instead.
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+ J2 Z: b0 a  E6 X"Here," said, spit. a left, them, him. didn't exactly, didn't justice. eaten, a offer. gloves, them, hands. a enthusiastic. a unseasoned, venison, greedily. a him, evidently. over, plates, a a home. pen, him.
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3 Z, p: _$ g; M"I'm a time," said, herd. now, darken, ceased. bare, in. hut, him.

"You us," insisted.

! l7 R, z& ^. w8 d$ n0 D9 Q1 f3 W"All three?" sighed, doormat. "Alright. I it's I to." considered, hadn't captured, a bread. a spit, tables, comparison. process, one. didn't night, a watch. darkness, said, go? warm, waited. hot, halfway, shelf. long, water. modesty. dressed, concern,
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nudity. hut, him, fire. hadn't with, tent. removed, unbuckled, fire. a wool, weapons. him, off, skin. display, moved, places. masculine, still, hourglass. sweat, flames. before, look, details.

A biceps, shells, a wrists. seen. rings, a teeth. a appearance, a neck.
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metal, ears, nose. shoulders, beads. aside, a now. a brassiere, a band. view, smooth, muscles. a he? defined, skin, a spine. breeches. next, hips, down. rear, her, strain. skin, spot, anatomy. a horse, a be. rear, speckles, a now. didn't wore. Rather, cheeks. suit, accident, removed. screens, a a replacement. bathing, shoulders. design, a a bandage. before, now, endowments. head, freckles. back, a man's fist. belly, undergarments it. places, out, raids. her, wasn't wasn't undress. linens, skin. Sharog's, a counterparts, a was. woman, a sculptor's clay. long, back, walked. Sharog's were, a nose, lip. tusks, symbols. hurt, teeth? a belly, navel. tub, a kind's stature. others, complexion. wasn't forehead, cheeks, rows. purposeful, arms, a uncomfortable procedure. a thing? pain? piercings, bone. body, chest, torso, back. a faded, clothing, face. her, a water. tubs, relaxing. they'd a raid. settlement, a march.

: B& g5 `7 K/ i+ q"You admit, nice," tub.
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"You
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task," grumbled.
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"Think," said, a finger. "We now. us, drinks, wash."

4 t# S9 g. M% s"Help wash?" a away.

"How humiliating," a chuckle. "To captors."
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; N2 z* A; E% a"Sharog earlier," added.

/ g8 p4 i0 x* l1 f"She you," replied. "It horse."
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- P7 A7 Q; U7 r' K, }"Come, ale," a arm. keg, her. a draw, satisfaction. "We keep!" laughed. a ale, tankard, Rian. a table, forthcoming.

1 O, X( z4 ]  z0 q3 K9 w"You back," insisted, a thumb. arms, a her. him, tub. a sitting. her, larger, was. time. way, a curtain, ties. away, heft, a wheat. him, a him.

"Use hands," insisted. "Brush after." soap, slick. a moment, back, response. savage, callous. truth. complexion, Sharog's wearing. relaxed, receding, sensation.
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shoulders, neck, film. skin, spine, water's surface. thing, be. palms, indents, palpable.

"

! u' O' o7 R+ _' @," murmured, water. digits. "Turnip hands..." exaggeration. a farmer, all. contrary, a labor, callouses. Still, Orc, a seamstress. suds, arm, him. strange, odd, limb. couldn't it, strain. her, arm, hand. palms, hers.
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"You touch," said, a now. "Good servant..." arm, request, a a a ear. done, shoulders, residue.
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/ @! }6 v$ H* |5 {$ B"Maybe hair?" tub. "Always a work. things, sparring."
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: J* b! R  ^+ y( p6 H3 `"I taught," confidently. "When him, stupid, think. comb."
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"I I'll best," sarcastically. A shelves, earlier. didn't a braided. strands, together, safekeeping. sunlight, blue, a raven. a curly, touch, a flowers. perfumed. knots, him.

, }- s  a) b4 g4 A$ ^"Use first, wash," chided.
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"Which in?" asked.

& F& T2 v$ x. a" u"The know," a gesture.

3 ]- y% T& a" }) G9 R0 N$ R9 D3 t"He today!" a giggle. "Of learned." shelf, a herbs. request, hair, untangle. loosened, shoulders.

"Now comb," ordered. scalp, head, lower. solution, strands, straightening tangles. it. a wash, like. him, water, a conspicuously. wonderful, it.
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+ j/ |# t" f) A4 H"I braided," said. "Watch." a it, ease. intermittently, jacket, palm.
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"Now you," insisted. best, hers. Still, pleased, fingers.

"You useless," declared. "You learn. practice."
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"I'm approve," a sincere, smile. relief, herself, belly, lingering.

"Now me!" excitedly, braid. a sigh, bath, her. counterparts, large, wiry. braid, loose, shoulder. her, anticipated. a flail. a clunk, expression, hand. color, Sharog's hair, strands. free, taught, it. a been, scalp, tensing. a long, sigh, worked.
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" `& C1 b' ~, G" Y"This nice," mumbled, eyes. "We sooner. place?" added, sly. "You now, boy. Orcs."

4 ~+ H+ }9 k3 P! \) Q"I a name, know," a comb. "Would it?"

"You anymore," chuckled. "You now." straightening hair, oil, speed.
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"No, fingers," insisted. "Rub head."
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3 o5 H7 O2 B/ ~% [, n! ?$ e"Alright, alright," conceded, him. fingers, a lather, touch. clean, earnest, closed.

$ w) n8 H9 Q* D& L' F. [5 w, F" z"My ache," complained.
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! n8 s2 l# C! {) f" R"You I stop," growled, followed. "We forever, boy."
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0 x5 U5 G* B; l"Doesn't I matter," muttered. wash, hair, went. fastened, cool, now. Urami, bucket, throat.
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"Okay, you," places. towels, tubs. finished, bed, knees.
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"Where I sleep?" asked, pen. screens.
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"Did bed?" scoffed. "Beds for"

3 ^1 J+ N) \6 I9 l( u, P"Beds
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) M' e' i! q& F# x; C; k," a eyes. "I much. I a sleep, you're floor."
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"Here," said, a moment. a him, out. bear. "You seat," said, fire. Orcs, him. "That a deserves." herself, screen, Urami. night. alone, arms, hut. a strange, place, him. bath. press, soft, feathers, maybe. bread. a couch, up, him. fire, him, pillow. screens, couldn't smiling. part, folly, days. him, least. 3: a crowing, a a moment. chickens, cooking, he'd didn't a visit. ceiling, cushions, a start. life, smiled, crow. rise, morning's chill. firepit, a coals. nightgown, a eyes.
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"Ah, boy," there.

"Good morning," replied.

"You me," said, couch. place, cloak. "You me." was, a walls. women, inside, poker. again, sun.

"You well, boy?" jokingly.

. p5 |; t/ ~$ b"As circumstances," replied.

8 n2 o; A; M+ z9 g1 K"You now," added. "Sharog hungry. wake."
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9 w* ]8 f: H% H- y"Your command, lady," bow. instructions, outside, him. wasn't lining. storehouse, yet. stirring, business. surroundings, a filth. back, a keep, valley, face. fortifications vantage, him, river. a home. shelves, time. ceiling, hooks, offer. meat, them. himself, around, all. didn't a silk. visit, again. village. a it, a old, roast. jars, portable. a cheese, butter.
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$ U# W& K8 |, T. G, pA forming. a hand, cockerels, fence. a eggs, hens, hut. firepit, nearby.
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"What there?" asked, closer.
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" v$ k9 T* |, S& o"I don't pantry?" utensils. a nearby, a a spoon, work.
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First, a knife, skillet.

2 k) ?7 m3 o1 @. o- \. q"Why breakfast?" muttered.
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"Watch learn," replied, bubble. around, pan, alluring. Next, a bread, knife. stuff, fluffy. skillet, spoon, a slices. aside, eggs, spoon. off, eggs. quickly, consistency, much.
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. }7 a$ @& g: L$ i& x8 m"What's that?" seasonings. a pepper, a basil, a green. "This food? Weeds?" done, dishes, a eggs. Ghorza, him, a sniff.
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6 h( n0 N% m$ ?! u& g9 H"What it? before."
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$ F+ {) S0 H5 m) S- ^" {% L0 X6 ~  K"Scrambled toast," explained. "Try it. You'll it. once, the...wheat time." a fork, a instead, it. hot, a bite, a up.

3 Q- R( q# n' ~, M& X"Good!" exclaimed, slice. another, a himself. "You cook, boy," a eggs. "We captive." Orcs, screens. fireside, boards. eat, Ghorza's it. skeptical, a a lick, a eggs.

* A8 j/ h; i- }) C8 Y6 F" R. r"What this?" demanded, bite.
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0 z& h$ L" ^) `0 r"It weeds," confidently.

% j" S- \+ k  u% T+ p8 Z4 F3 p"It's seasonings," explained. "You a spices, herbs, condiments.
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; B  ~  A  r0 P& _them? for?"

"Such trading," replied, a tongue. "A them."
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"What mean?" pressed, a skillet. "You don't sensibilities way?"

"A meat," snarled. "A things. weak. easily, strong."
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& z8 M0 V2 b& ?* b! f"I don't that's...
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true," hesitantly. "I you're raiding, nice. pillows, tap, a treasure. I I live, didn't
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strong."
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" father," grumbled." soon," added, hair. " in, teething."" toy?" a laugh." on," explained. "A suitable."" grow, suppose?" a smile."I tusks," declared, a sword. a complexion, mothers, a lighter. eyes, cheeks, Orc. boys, a rate, a small. all, a job."I bed," whispered, gingerly." a name," scoffed. " a name, did. fitting."" them," snickered, arm. " them, all. Besides, I sounds."" dinner?" asked. "I a yesterday, there's storehouse. Honestly, hunting, impossible."" bow," chided. " weak."" that's a one."" spices," suggested. " here, keesahn. remember? a ago.""I do," a smile. " well. is."" ale," added. " months."" course, Keesa," a bow. "I serve."