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The

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Everything

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went hazy after he slammed my head against the Humvee.

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Here,

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have some water. I

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think he was putting me on a boat.

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Don't worry about it for now.

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We're just glad to have you back. But that's

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strange isn't it? Like not remembering.

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You hit your head. Extreme

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trauma can interfere with memory too.

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We can unpack it after you've settled in.

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What's important is that you're safe

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now. Alright What

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was that thing? The

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Blighter? It wasn't a blighter though.

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It looked like one, but it spoke.

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It knew my name. You need

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to rest, Hope. No, but you knew.

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You recognized it. You told

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me to run. What did you think it was? We don't

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have to get into this right now. No,

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it's okay. I want to know.

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It was a blighter, but

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not any so we've encountered. Penelope

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says vampires who've been

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turned by the Queen have

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elevated abilities. Her

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blighters are more like shades. Her shades

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are more like overlords. And her

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overlords?

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It's best not to dwell on that. What

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was he doing here? He knew my

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name like he was looking for me. Could

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it have anything to do with your sister?

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I'll say. You did say she

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seemed to be on some sort of mission? Against

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the Queen, perhaps? Or the council

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in Dubrovnik? Maybe, but... But?

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I don't know how they'd know that. She

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went dark.

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She hasn't ever written to me. She certainly wouldn't

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have given herself away to them. Do we

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have any leads on her whereabouts? Nothing

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since the room is from Soho. Right.

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If that was her. It

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doesn't make sense though. What? How

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the hell did I get away from him?

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My head! That's enough for

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now. Hope, you should get that

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knot looked

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at. All right.

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Come on. I'll take you to Arda. Any

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blurred vision? Or nausea?

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No. Just a s... No,

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just a splitting headache. Well,

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I'm not surprised. It's a

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concussion.

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Does this mean I need to stay awake?

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No. Oh, you should rest, actually.

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I'd feel better if you spent the night here, though. Oh,

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so I have to. Well,

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you really shouldn't be alone if symptoms

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develop

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confusion or- So you can stay with me.

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Oh, with Lebak. There you

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are. Lydia, I'll

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keep an eye on her. If that's

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all right with you, Hope. Of

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course, yeah. All

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right, and I remand you to the

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supervision of Miss Lebak. But

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call me if anything changes.

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I will. Come on, Hope.

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Am I glad to see you? Likewise.

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HE SIGHS

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Wait. Hold on,

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hold on. What's

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wrong? Too far off? Sorry,

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it just doesn't feel good. It

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doesn't feel real. Oh.

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Um...

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Uh, and... Mm,

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and I wanted to, you know. I

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don't want to rush through it all. I want to be present. No,

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I get it. Does that sound stupid?

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No, it sounds sweet.

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How are you feeling, though? You look troubled. I'm

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fine. I just still can't quite remember

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how I got away from him. You have

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a concussion.

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Yeah. What if it's not that,

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though? What do you mean? I

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don't know, I just keep thinking about what happened to you and

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so on. You think

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you got in your head?

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No,

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maybe, I don't know. And what

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if he did, what if he put something there? I

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thought Blytas couldn't do that though. And

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what if this one can? What if he, like, programmed

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me and sent me back here? To

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do what? I guess it doesn't

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make much sense when I say it out loud.

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Come here. No.

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Mmm, I like kissing you.

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I do too. I feel bad.

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I could have been at this the whole time.

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You came around? Yeah.

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Can I ask you something though? Sure.

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What was it that got you there? I don't

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know, I was thinking about my sister and

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our best mate. How they carried

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on together but not. Felix,

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was it? She

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had feelings for him. Seems

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like the whole world knew it before she did. And

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when I saw him bleeding out on the floor, I just...

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I mean, she could have been happy, you

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know? She didn't

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have to be alone. Didn't

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you say you thought she might have turned him? I

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hope she did. If she did, she hid it, covered

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the grave over. She was careful.

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What do you think she's

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up to out there? Who can say?

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Knowing her, something big.

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Twelve. Thirteen.

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Fourteen. There you are.

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Six. Fifteen. Got

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something for you. Bess, you found

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her. Of course. Didn't think I'd

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just leave your sword out there, did you? Thank you.

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Wait

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training? Aren't you supposed

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to be resting? I don't need to rest. I

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need to get back out there and sort that fucker out. Yeah.

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It might be a while before we can do that.

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What's that mean? Well, it's

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just a precaution. What is? What are

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you talking about? You really should

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be resting. You're... you're

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benching me. Temporarily.

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No, come on, tell Gussie

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I'm fine. Mm. Well,

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it wasn't Gussie's recommendation. Penelope?

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He had us dead to rights, Hope. He

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took you right out from under me. There

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wasn't a thing in the world I could do about

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it. I got away? By

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the skin of your teeth. Well,

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how long is temporarily? The rest of

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the month. The rest of the... You

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want me to spend the next 20 days hold up inside?

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You spend the better part of seven years hold up in here.

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Yeah, and I completely lost my mind. Hope,

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please. A

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few e-scal bearings is the least we can manage.

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Look, if you're right and

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this has anything to do with your sister, then

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you're a walking target. No, yeah. I

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get it.

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Did Darcy happen to mention the Winter Child? What's

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that? It's a story in the Dissident Community. What Dissident

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Community? Well,

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it's not as if the Queen is universally revered. Our politics are just as messy

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as yours. There's

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vampires who want to overthrow her? Constantly. Some

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even believe the first anointed one of the Winter

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is fated to do just that. Do you believe

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it? I've never seen it

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before. I've never put much

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stock in that

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sort of talk. There's always some prophecy about

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one thing or another. My kind can be quite superstitious.

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Funny. My kind used to call your kind

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a superstition. Just

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because vampires are real doesn't mean everything

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is. But what if she is this winter

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child? Maybe she is, or maybe

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she isn't. The only difference it makes to you or me

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is if someone powerful thinks so. I

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should leave her a message to warn her. What

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if our new blighted friend follows the courier right to her?

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Right. Shit.

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What about the letter I already left? No,

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calm down. I'll go and get it before it

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gets picked up. Thanks. Maybe

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there's some other way to get in touch, though. In

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case of emergencies. Not that

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she shared with me. Any idea

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where she might have gone. Somewhere she

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would have felt safe. I don't know. I

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would have said our house in London before the city went

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to shit. Nowhere else. I

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have no idea.

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Well,

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you think on that. I need to get into this. Watchtower?

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Yeah. They're saying someone's pinging our open

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distress channel. Strugglers from Soho?

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We'll see.

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Careful out there.

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Just get some rest. You'll

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be back out there before you know it.

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The winter child. Do you think it's true?

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God, I have no idea anymore. I

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give up. The more I learn about the whole

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vampire thing, the madder it all sounds.

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Are you gonna eat your hot dog?

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No, have it. Thanks. I'm bloody

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starving. I

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feel like I'm eating a thing in days. What

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exactly did she tell you when she left? Sassy?

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She said she had to

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go. And she didn't know. If

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she'd ever be coming back. I asked her, you know,

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why? Who's next on your shit

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list? What did she say? She

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didn't really, but she was definitely up

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to something. I could see it in her eyes. Like, I

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know that look. She was up to something. Yeah,

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but what does it mean? Is she going

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off to the vampire queen? Maybe,

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but she wouldn't be loud about it. That's what I'm saying.

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She was careful. She wouldn't want to put me at risk. That's

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why I'm worried. If they're onto her, she might not

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even know it. How would you warn her, though?

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I don't know. Oh.

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God, that's so strange. What? I've

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eaten two whole hot dogs, and I still feel like

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I haven't eaten anything at all. It's mad.

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Your

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head. Sorry.

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It feels like claws digging

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into my skull. Maybe you should go to

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the infirmary. No, it's fine now. Hope.

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I'll drop by the infirmary after lunch. Hope,

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come to observation room three,

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please. What's that

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all about? Probably just some newbies they

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want to read on. Don't look

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so worried. It's just a headache. I'm fine,

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I promise.

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I'll see you later. All

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right. Let me know. I

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will.

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Mayor,

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you called. Come in, Hope.

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Hello, Hope. Hey, Penelope. Is

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there any trouble in that run? Just a group

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of travelers trying to reach us. More from

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Soho? No. No,

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not this time. How did they know

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anyone was even here? Well, it turns

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out that one of them knows you.

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Me? Who is it?

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In a minute. Why the blinds drawn? You

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should probably have a seat. Why?

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What's going on? Look,

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Hope, naturally

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the timing of the. This would raise

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some suspicion given recent events.

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But she's cleared all our screenings. We've

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double and triple checked. Are

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you starting to freak me out a little? This

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is going to be a lot to take in, Hope.

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Will you just show me who you've got in there? Penelope,

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go ahead.

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Oh

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my God. Mum?

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Mum! Hope,

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my little girl. My precious

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little girl. You're here. You're

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actually here.

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How

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is this possible? You

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were clipped by a lorry. I'm

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sorry. The debris cloud was just minutes away, and

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we left you bleeding in the street. I didn't know

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you were here. I didn't know you were here. I

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was just a little bit away, and we left you bleeding in the street.

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I told you to. I'm glad

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you did. But how did you survive? I

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genuinely have no idea. I

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just woke up in the field hospital. In

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Wales? I was told I'd been airlifted.

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And you've just been there all this time? Well.

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Your tea, Miss Dunraven. Thank

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you, Mayor. I'll be in the next room. Just

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give me a shout if you need anything.

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Yeah, sure. Wales

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at first, waiting on communications

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to be restored. Until

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the monsters came, and we were

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flown to RAF Stornoway. And

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they turned up there as well. Nobody

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quite knew what to do with us. Some

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were evacuated to Iceland, but

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I insisted on staying behind. And,

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well, it's been an ordeal

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finding my way back here. Just as you can imagine.

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This is... I've pictured this

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moment so many times. I

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wish Darcy was here. I know.

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They told me all about that. It's

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so strange to think that my little girl is... One

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of them now. No, it's different,

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Mum. She's a good one. Right.

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I'm such a stubborn girl. Never

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did like to do what was expected of her, did she? I

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wish I could tell her that you were here. Can

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you not? I assumed you'd be in touch,

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at least. I mean, I could

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send her a letter, but it's a weird

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time. She's got powerful enemies looking for

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her.

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Ah. Best not risk it, then. Probably

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wouldn't even get it in time, anyway. In

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time for what? Nothing.

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I don't want to get into all that just yet. How

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are you? I can't get over how

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tall you are. You're like a proper young woman. No.

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What do you mean you don't want to get into what?

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I don't know if Darcy ever told

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you about that little health scare I had. You

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were just a baby. The cancer's back.

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You're so beautiful. My

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little girl. My hope. How

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long?

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I don't know. It could be some time yet. Mum.

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I really don't know. No,

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you just... You just got here. I

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know. Darcy hasn't even seen you.

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She needs to see you. Well, maybe there's some

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other way to reach her. I mean, where would the Winter child

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go? What

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did you just say? I asked where

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Darcy would go. No.

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You said Winter child. That's

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what they called her. Is that not right? What?

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What's wrong? Who

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are you? No.

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My mother died. I saw it. There

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was no coming back from what I saw. It's

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burned in my memory. I'm sorry you had to

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see that hope, but... No. Something

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isn't right.

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Oh.

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It's your concussion, I'll get the doctor.

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No, stay right fucking there! Who

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are you? What do you want with Darcy? Stop.

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We've seen enough. Where...

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where... where am I? What

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is this? Your graces.

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If you'd indulged the interrogation a moment

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longer, I'm sure I could... No,

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it's waste of time. She

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obviously has no idea how to

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find her sister.

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It... it wasn't real? Are you certain?

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It's no trouble to wipe her mind and begin

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again. No. Again,

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Percepta. Haven't you put the

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pathetic creature through enough? Untie

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me!

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My siblings are right. There

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is no need to belabor this. Alternate

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plans are already in motion.

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Un-fucking-tie me! Do

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as she says, Percepta. Put her

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in with the other one. The council

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has spoken.

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Don't. Don't what?

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You know what you are thinking. Don't.

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I will snap your neck before your legs get

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the message. Just keep

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walking. One foot

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in front of the other.

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How much of it was real? How

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much do you think? I

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never got away. Correct.

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Where are you taking

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me? To the last room

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you will ever see. Here

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you are, old dog. I

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brought someone to keep you company.

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Hey. Hey!

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Hey! Hey! Let

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me out! Fuck!

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I'm so confused. Where

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am I?

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A long way from home, Hope. This

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is Dubrovnik. Croatia.

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You just met the council. The

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most powerful of our kind. And

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now I'm their prisoner, am I?

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We both are, it seems.

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How do you... know my

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name? Through

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a mutual friend. Who

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are you? You

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may call me...