LamentationsoftheTurnipFarmer

静松晨竹

/ j$ q) w: R6 t; zposition, 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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% Z/ Q7 x( k! h4 N3 DA 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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7 L2 U- i$ J7 O* o6 l. 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.

"On feet, then!" demanded. "Die warrior's death.
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" c$ _5 P2 ]3 A; p8 YKrak'tul

, men!" a hip, a knight's steel, triumph.
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"Nah," replied, drink. "I'm good." wasn't expecting, him, a shoulder.

" E7 ^( B$ V: W4 n9 `( h, Y, i"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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- m( b6 c! o! H/ ]' K+ G6 S2 k; F"Just a don't torch," sighed, helmet. "I here, know." head, a a thud, soil. belt, a her, feet.

"You fight!" demanded, weapon.
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  Y6 S" ^6 E1 y& b* Y. Y1 A," scoffed, tankard. "You'll a post! go."

+ s/ ?! q$ a8 K* ^"Then dishonor!" hissed. "Your
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Krak'tul!

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1 F' ]0 j# Q0 R; B6 }# n"Alright, whatever," muttered. "I anyway." , a beams, linens.
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) r5 b- K, x6 _: B6 U"Excuse underpants," them. "I haven't a today." a Orcish, debate, fate. didn't pigs. them, helmets, him.
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+ o6 `& ?: d( m1 s! a) T"You surrender," declared.

"Is a question?" asked, eyebrow. "You'll I'm a bucket."

"You fight?"
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6 A+ [/ k' r3 L' R" ?"I'm a farmer, a knight."

$ w8 |; d! t& q& Q# J0 c  f8 s3 V"You Sharog," growled, a plate. "I honor. I
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Krak'tul

," a sky. "You weak, boy. chance," sneered, in. level, snickered. "Take sword. honor. a warrior's proud. else, surrender. dignity."

/ f- v: I+ B  s8 y9 h' S; T/ U"Can't dignity," replied, adamantly.

"Then submission," laughed, compatriots. "That
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( ^5 ]6 Q$ x5 b2 D) _# x5 z; S1 r5 U, boy." able, a hand, dirt. struggle, strong, a belt.
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8 A9 r" g0 R! m/ {"Hey, getoff!" together. scene, a leather, ankles, a fish. "What doing!?" shoulder, stomach. a now, futile. Sharog's breeches.
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; L, e: s6 ^+ [/ V/ f"Put down!" complained, legs. laughed, a affectionate.

0 o! X5 J: e3 r5 G6 a"Quiet now, boy. Sharog."
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"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?
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& {8 {  a, G% [3 ~" p4 i5 N& {" q% ?"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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"Hey!" yelled, sacks. "Excuse me!" him, lettuces, direction. attention, a crate, fire.

6 B  n, c- A; i1 C+ h  H"What want, boy?" demanded. hips, him. on, Sharog. afar, tusks, forehead. a nose, a bull, helmet. shoulders, beads, him.

" `) o# u: C0 p8 G9 R. s6 u+ ^Somehow, now, out. a a woman, a seen, physique. torso, limits. a a jacket, head, muscle.

( d& K2 n2 I) j+ [% V, G3 u1 B"I piss," complained. lettuces, her.
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' i5 G" ?: J- }: d"Go piss," said, trees.
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+ U" K) x6 M& a& M- _& {) }1 U"How I that?" asked, bonds. "Are me, idiot?" in, straps. sling, sweaty, her. chest. freed, a wrists, more.

"You now," a smirk.

"What ankles?"

"You hop," giggled, tusks. "Go hop, rabbit."
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9 ^% T5 `. ~, j1 V. r) H: O"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
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"Funny boy," chuckled.
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& v2 e9 U% d9 Z0 S  E1 n/ Z"God me, I've simpletons," temple. "I
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"Hungry?" scoffed, him. "You warrior.

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5 c! I; m/ K( n* p' |0 {1 N, i"Woe me," a eyes. "I'm shame."
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"You look," huffed, chest. "I cake."

"Wheat cake?" skeptically. "You
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8 \, t1 F" R3 t" a a cart, a him.
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"You eat. slave."

"Well, I wouldn't

inconvenience starving," hands. "How me." eat, a fresh. wasn't bread, morning. bakery, noble. pleased, bite.
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, h) ~# M, ^3 o9 E  `2 V"Perhaps all," said, consider. "You tender?"

"Dirt tender?" a bread, brow. "I'm a that's you're say."
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"You...make sprout," said, ground. "Make cake. turnip."

/ c0 r, x7 y( o5 F"Lord me," sighed. "Yes, I grow."

"We see," said, skull.

"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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"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."
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5 W, f6 [! N+ R& B"We long," replied. "Your cold."

"Yeah, a
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," protested. "You know, here?"
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) _# Z# b" g- R+ U"You tent, fire, warriors?" laughed.
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"Let I'm allowed," grumbled. "Something
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) s# u& `( ^9 Z  H"I idea," said, wasn't it. carts, one. a cage, peacefully. feet, him. a pig, abruptly, alarm. straw, it.

"Now warm," door. "Sleep friends."
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"Your me!" camp. "Relax!" pig. Eventually, down, animals, sleep.
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: I& c" D7 H4 k& d) E+ ?' ^*** awoke, moving, terrain. time, noon, them. groggily, now, scrubland. a nothing. see, a man's knee. South. way, he'd heard.
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"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.
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"It so," replied, stretched. hadn't beds, a face.

"You dung."

7 l" o( ]: u( ^8 B"Really?" scoffed. "I can't why."

"It pigs," explained, him.

"Your unmatched," sighed. "Who you, anyway? I yesterday, didn't I? paint," added, pattern. "You farm."

5 c2 K+ P0 @9 p  l% Y"That me," a smile. "We boy."
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"Three?" asked. "You, Sharog, and...?"

5 G8 \2 g7 y3 |& c/ J* R% ?8 f"Urami," replied.

"That's a

name?
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. g7 `: y3 F+ K% J3 d" a grimace. "I Blue?"
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6 d/ \3 W& }7 U"Her blue," a nod. "My Ghorza."
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4 r2 b) N/ L% z, a6 W( O# @"Are me, Ghorza?" bars. "What's deal, anyway? me, didn't else? can't slaves, I don't here."

"Most run," explained. "We go. defenseless. fun. A fight. sport, brave. warrior's

Krak'tul. surrender. life."
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) F( K) S7 |- C1 q$ i/ ^"I killed, yes," confirmed. "In hindsight, I run. I didn't rules, see. time."
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% b4 }  N4 }  D% k"You strange, boy," eyes. "Most run, fight, sitting. you, blade. stupid, brave.
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" N) s1 ^- r7 Z* ]; qKrak'tul
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. J" r7 }) ?. @: }  j"What now?" pressed. "Sell me? me?"
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2 @: {* W9 Z% i$ w. l% M"We you," chuckled. "You now. Sharog, Ghorza, Urami. you, you. camp," a shrug. "We see."

"We wouldn't
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" u, A6 q( M* f3 H* a$ ~% X4 Zhigh, we?" sarcastically.
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"Sharog teacher," replied, him. "You well, you."
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8 D! W9 _2 S% I& ^: c, Y- ?"Then I wisdom," pig.

"Why small, boy?" innocently.

"This turnips," a sigh. "I didn't you."

5 R6 @; _4 q0 r# T4 P- Z5 d. f"You meat," insisted, pigs. "If chickens, groves? rabbits? streams?"
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% V. T0 [5 x; |! T  H# `& i1 C3 W"If I earlier."

: F$ e* M9 L* o3 Y, W0 X2 V' M"Dirt customs," a head.
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"I'm you'll ways."

*** 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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' }" y% _% s3 T- Y: [" ZFinally, cage, grass. days, ankles. wrists, suspiciously.

, G& ~% B4 Q7 i0 l"Aren't night?"

4 ~8 `# {3 b# P( a"And where?" asked, them. "There miles, boy. to?"

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

"We way," replied, distance.
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"Yes, helpful," complained. gaze, however, a horizon. faint, a plateau. sun, low, stumps. "That's live? there?"
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: A1 t8 l  d* g: R"That home," confirmed.
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0 i$ R2 a* I1 H: f8 c"I've Kingdom," surroundings. "There's forests, crops."

"We cross," explained, fingers.

! y, u0 ~9 M8 x3 W% Z: L9 ]: D"You fief. wouldn't way. A border."

7 ~' h8 `: r7 `  u& n"You look."
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% N# o) U7 {9 z9 N"Stop, you're me," a eyes. "I met, uh...Ghorza earlier.
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me, Umami?"
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! N; |% J! v, v' e$ J% y"Urami," replied.

) ]6 {+ H% k5 m) b" _"Whatever. weren't me, you'd me. mean? destination?"

  K! j% w! D' w2 M1 r"You surrender," explained.

"Yeah, I that. I'm you're Tool, too."

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," chided. "He people. now, clan. slave."

, l: Z: E8 _* C; n"I a there's I'm are," pointedly. "Why me, anyhow? something?"

"Not blood," chuckled. "We together," fingers. "We battle."

7 c: j9 E' D% D* I! @9 R/ l% ^"That up," scoffed.

"Good," a nod.

"No, I"
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" _2 _2 ]* {* ?"You now," insisted, a cart. a a hands, it. "Clean cart."
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"What, you're I'll around?" points.

"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."

) [1 `6 P3 n- _/ X: G"So I've informed," a bite. delicious, up. "This

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"

"Small meat," laughed. "This you." Orc, subsistence, Rian's standards. He'd nobles.

1 }1 \& ?8 d+ s* U  K) S4 Q"I I'll do," another, bite. couldn't salt, meat.

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

"I fine, don't it," mouth. "Say, I a tonight, I a again?"
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"Pig now," said, pitchfork. "Besides, dung. tent."

- z/ @7 P. i! N$ E4 W# E"That's I figured," sighed.
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"You I expect," mused, him. "I struggle. told. captive."
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"I wouldn't uncooperative hostage," scoffed, meat.
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"Plains night," continued. "No wind. I tonight."
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"Well, better, doesn't it?"
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"Tomorrow home," continued. "There, clan. thrive."

"A colony?" asked, eyebrow. "So, afield? you've established?"

"We North, lands," confirmed. "The borders."

8 R! K% g% s7 X4 i4 t1 [3 u4 J( O"I'm I'll in," a smile. a wearing, him. heavy, a it, clear.
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. J5 _& }5 I$ R# v! I$ ["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.

; K4 g6 q: {5 ^. Q# `A arrive, a courtyard. party. haul, storehouses, another. didn't Rian, a pig. a a wave. situation, a a conversation. cart, a arm, work.
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"So, colony?" asked, around. "I admit, I a little...
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1 ~! U: l5 N  w  O." 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.

6 |) E1 X' V" S( K' A* b" Z' q"You return," declared, him. "Do permission."

& b, [5 S1 p, s3 [3 C5 K"So, prison?" around. "What a fate..."

"This hut," explained. "All here."
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; j  D7 A; i% V" o"Including me."

"You fast," chuckled, stumble. "Behave yourself. problems, you."
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1 P9 h$ x9 c: ?( e( A# Y"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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# {8 Z% ^/ Y+ F! n$ a: whut, before, wool. ground, sleeping. home, once. them, Orc, iron. a a regularly. a Sunday. which, shit. He'd a a clothes. wasn't animals. He'd furniture... didn't return, inside, spoils. them, top. weapons, nobles, sacks. firepit, it. nearby, chests. fathom. it? wilds?

' y. U7 w2 j% x$ M) ^"You Urami," said, woman. "I don't we've introduced." head, silks, a snarl. him, interaction.

8 g: ]. R7 y, a7 c: }"Urami much," apologetically.

"Alright, know," away. afar, close, face. nose, them, paint. chest, a bumps. companions, skin, moved.

, h; _" v6 K7 C. s8 }' `"First thing," feet. "Turnip boy, pig."

"Really?" sarcastically. "I hadn't noticed."
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"Dirt smell," snarled, intimidating. a producing.

"Turnip boy!" continued, attention. "You fire?"
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1 e- v* k# x; X& o# M6 _5 b( k"I'm I manage," replied.
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' d0 a; q: ~' I. \! [3 r"Wood there," said, room. "Start fire, river. bath."
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) Z. Y  M7 r+ C, w3 C3 f% U"On that, agree," sighed. loot, logs. fires, didn't roaring, ceiling.
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"You're village?" a hands. "You're I'll just...run away?"

"Where to?" a shrug. "You warrior, tender. die."
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"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.

"Which ones?" asked.

"He bathe!" chortled, thigh.

9 k* e' t* C$ e- c"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.
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! j5 E3 ]- V% e* Z2 _"Go on," done. "You now."

"What?
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Now?
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7 h/ j( a5 S+ u" asked, seat. "With watching?" hands, , Ghorza's amusement. hand, a inside, engulfed.
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"Hey!" protested. "I didn't a clothes!"

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I pants," sternly. fate, breeches, fire.
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"That too," said, shorts.
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/ s: J) M4 f$ c- L7 w"Don't I least?" head, off, hands.

% k; \& {% p. C4 W"I'm amusing," chided, him. tub, a temperature. waist, surface, somewhat. a sensation, tired, muscles. a deeper, smirks.

"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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  b/ j2 u; c9 [1 R"I it," snickered. shoulders, fragrant, water. neck, a him. wasn't Rian, new, arms. head, a hair, a spine.

+ T* D$ A9 @( f. F) \% S* abefore. home, a a hovel. care, gentle, strength. property, all. her.
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"He himself," giggled. "We forest."

4 S+ t$ T# G; e"They a tribe," admitted, hair. "But, tasks, him."

"You taught," workbench.
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; a% Y' u. w5 E. m"We see," added. a hair, a tangle.

"Ouch!" complained. "Easy, easy!"
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' q, |' l# W: N1 |; [  J% i. g5 W"Hair sheep," a exasperation, backwards. a bottle, a slick, honey. mat, again, it. a attempts, smoothly, worked.
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"He hair," commented, a couch. "Never before. mouse."
2 h9 S0 H% m( G0 ~0 _1 t2 o2 s, _
"We long," suggested. "Maybe it. braids."

"He over," muttered.

0 F+ q" @& M  g  I/ V9 D3 n"Is not?" snickered.
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  O' y' p8 P6 L; {2 P"He captive.

& l$ |2 n, _: |0 o2 R." water, days' sweat, grime, manure, been. anew, a flowers. shiny, all. neck, eyes, there. dirt, a pot.

"Wake up, boy," chided. "You clean, relaxing." a water, hands. a fire, off.
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"You now," remarked. "Would up."
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* X" `7 F* o# N( ~"How baths?" asked.

7 U" `3 Q  s% ~9 w6 j; o+ K"Every day, raiding," replied.
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1 ?# W  x4 j+ \# b8 v"Every day?" disbelief.
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0 w% _5 S8 D$ _, Y! K"Savage indeed," said, a grin.

  g$ C: {: V4 w) D# b7 \, m"What I now?" Orcs. "You clothes, I don't me."

"Maybe children's clothes!" cackled, again.
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"We

people," replied, room.
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% C. m% W! R$ V0 V" t. g" C. M"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.
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+ F5 S4 Z& l+ g$ q1 N/ K) b"How foolish!" laughed, gleefully. "Can things, Sharog? bartered, worn! walking, battle. quickly!"

  K6 u& _* j- W; H4 R"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.

"Oh no," sarcastically, back. "What a humiliation, clothes! I shoes. I this?"

"You them," replied, a smile. "You dirt. here, pleasure."

+ u, p8 f' Q, ^+ h( s* R' t% B"Such warriors,

, \8 N" i; f6 C7 S," sneered.
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"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.
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) Q5 j5 z% l: n2 D6 @& @! N"We later," declared. "Now, eat."

"You meat, boy?" chair. her, a thighs.
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"Surely a venison?" scoffed.
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4 X8 z" U+ O. A+ G8 [9 G( p, ^" z"He hunt," explained, couch. "They land."

"He a bow?" skeptically. "Then, eat?"

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

* ~# z" I9 P" F3 V: |9 M"If anything, cooking," insisted. "Ghorza us. storehouse."

1 n0 n( l1 K- p/ s6 ?"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.

% v& o! m' s! v: K$ n# W+ J"This supplies," explained, wasn't obvious. "When cook, here, food." shelves, a goods. A familiar, fief. further, ideas, shoulder.
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"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.

"Watch," insisted, fingers. "You learn. a days. cut." blade, silverskin, meat. a table, it, on. Next, seams, tissue.

# P  ?* c5 Q. d4 P5 Q+ ^"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.
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  v7 j' p- {+ V6 X"You spit," ordered.
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"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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8 E5 u8 Y2 w/ S7 l2 u"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...

$ n3 a8 d! U1 p" K7 q"Drink!" demanded, table.
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"Uh, I'm if"

8 Z( R/ S5 }3 F"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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# P) g7 |1 Y/ m  }. r! C1 V"Are hungry, boy?" a grin.

"I've I'm scraps," replied.
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, K) J- [9 |8 Y, h"He least," muttered. a meat, instead.
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6 f# I8 d- x. u/ t' ^"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.

"I'm a time," said, herd. now, darken, ceased. bare, in. hut, him.
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"You us," insisted.
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3 B2 @# I* f4 ]& S$ g1 m"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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. {+ G5 }% d+ Nnudity. 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.
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' c4 L& w" \% i4 eA 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.

"You admit, nice," tub.

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task," grumbled.

"Think," said, a finger. "We now. us, drinks, wash."
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"Help wash?" a away.

0 i. }2 D0 L5 n; C"How humiliating," a chuckle. "To captors."

"Sharog earlier," added.
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"She you," replied. "It horse."

! ?, t$ B. k8 q1 l"Come, ale," a arm. keg, her. a draw, satisfaction. "We keep!" laughed. a ale, tankard, Rian. a table, forthcoming.
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"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.
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"Use hands," insisted. "Brush after." soap, slick. a moment, back, response. savage, callous. truth. complexion, Sharog's wearing. relaxed, receding, sensation.

- n9 Q# F: I7 ?1 P% D9 R" sshoulders, neck, film. skin, spine, water's surface. thing, be. palms, indents, palpable.
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"
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. W' |/ I; S' n& R2 ]# R* P( Y," 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.

"You touch," said, a now. "Good servant..." arm, request, a a a ear. done, shoulders, residue.

"Maybe hair?" tub. "Always a work. things, sparring."

5 w* u# F5 M% [4 p0 S- x! ~- z- ?; Y"I taught," confidently. "When him, stupid, think. comb."

' w6 M6 w; R4 W"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.
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"Use first, wash," chided.
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) }& ^) d" [3 d1 K% V; e. V! e$ P% ]"Which in?" asked.
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! V" n! e% C, I0 \6 H"The know," a gesture.

"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.

! c& W+ F# d1 X% K' B" k# a$ [! \"I braided," said. "Watch." a it, ease. intermittently, jacket, palm.
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& j$ S: f8 X% V' t- Q% E( m( @- t/ ]"Now you," insisted. best, hers. Still, pleased, fingers.
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, a* A, D6 ?( X. }2 e- z6 _"You useless," declared. "You learn. practice."
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* s! ^  \" m( W% Y  F1 n; s8 k6 t9 ^"I'm approve," a sincere, smile. relief, herself, belly, lingering.

+ R7 C  [; ]6 f0 ~' Y"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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# e. J+ n0 v% y( b7 Z"This nice," mumbled, eyes. "We sooner. place?" added, sly. "You now, boy. Orcs."
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9 q; e- S1 K* ~% D+ \" y"I a name, know," a comb. "Would it?"
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"You anymore," chuckled. "You now." straightening hair, oil, speed.

"No, fingers," insisted. "Rub head."
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  z3 o  m1 l0 C' v/ d"Alright, alright," conceded, him. fingers, a lather, touch. clean, earnest, closed.

"My ache," complained.

; B/ w% O! P' p  h1 o: i+ D"You I stop," growled, followed. "We forever, boy."
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"Doesn't I matter," muttered. wash, hair, went. fastened, cool, now. Urami, bucket, throat.
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6 Y% V1 \% g3 S) V  a3 B" q"Okay, you," places. towels, tubs. finished, bed, knees.

"Where I sleep?" asked, pen. screens.

. v& x+ d& s. W2 C8 j& ]"Did bed?" scoffed. "Beds for"

"Beds

$ r& m* m$ y: v  W! e& I# D," a eyes. "I much. I a sleep, you're floor."
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* S% z5 l% L- K3 `"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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7 j8 V9 \: T' n0 Y' D: O; U  s"Ah, boy," there.

. |* [1 E' n$ e- T9 J+ Y. {% J" c"Good morning," replied.

"You me," said, couch. place, cloak. "You me." was, a walls. women, inside, poker. again, sun.
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' X) K; Y7 u1 T" |"You well, boy?" jokingly.

"As circumstances," replied.
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"You now," added. "Sharog hungry. wake."
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"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.

A forming. a hand, cockerels, fence. a eggs, hens, hut. firepit, nearby.
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& @2 |8 t( j1 x4 N8 E" f) p"What there?" asked, closer.
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' n" M- |2 F' K* d  T8 x"I don't pantry?" utensils. a nearby, a a spoon, work.

First, a knife, skillet.

"Why breakfast?" muttered.
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3 D+ b' }! z% F$ L4 C% |"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.

"What's that?" seasonings. a pepper, a basil, a green. "This food? Weeds?" done, dishes, a eggs. Ghorza, him, a sniff.

"What it? before."

"Scrambled toast," explained. "Try it. You'll it. once, the...wheat time." a fork, a instead, it. hot, a bite, a up.
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( D* e! s/ `* ?; o"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.

4 e8 U6 C# t' N0 Z"What this?" demanded, bite.

"It weeds," confidently.

"It's seasonings," explained. "You a spices, herbs, condiments.
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them? for?"
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# E: E7 V2 g- |1 U; b"Such trading," replied, a tongue. "A them."
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"What mean?" pressed, a skillet. "You don't sensibilities way?"

; H/ |' h' g- E2 g( P2 U"A meat," snarled. "A things. weak. easily, strong."

"I don't that's...

( X5 m$ {- k- |/ X. N  Ytrue," hesitantly. "I you're raiding, nice. pillows, tap, a treasure. I I live, didn't
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& }$ o) E% r& i. G8 h! b1 q+ Tstrong."

" 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."