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alm unwavering. "I am here because you

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a hand. She simp

s, arrived, carrying a carefully wrapped bundle. She s

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prising speed for his s

inst the sharp corner of a heavy oak ta

d out, moving towa

locked

tured to her entourage. "Teach this lying

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ts, woven with prayers,

g pain in her sid

saw Vicky directing them, he

rieked. "I want nothing lef

he women, turned their atte

red. Furniture was o

they reached the corner J

y crafted from wood and sto

with reverence, were scat

nerations, the conduits of her spiritual connection, were

nse power and significance to her tribe, was