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"What do you mean you don't know?" she demanded. "Why, am I supposed to know this?" Harry frowned. "Yes! Everybody knows! How can you not know?"

"He took all his worldly possessions with him..." "So, you think he's... not coming back?" "Maybe some day, but not soon, no."

Dogged pursuit is what they do. They run as fast as a horse and can keep it up for days without tiring. Trust me laddie, if they hunt you they won't stop until you're nothing but crushed bones.

"A glowing review," he said, "who'd have thunk. Bet you didn't expect that, did ya?" I nodded absentmindedly. "Whomever wrote it must've recognised my genius," he continued. "Hm hm," I mumbled. "C'mon, isn't it great?!" "Sure, or would've been, if your boyfriend didn't write it," I informed him. He deflated before my eyes, and I regretted saying it already. "At least he loves you," I said.

She brushed past me, coldly silent. "What is it this time, huh? What did I do?" I bit at her, angry at her for being so unreasonable. "Nothing," she said, sounding as if it was anything but.

Charity to fill the gaps left deliberately, to keep society beholden. There are those who profit from the suffering of others, and charity is an excellent way to mask and disguise.

fled

They fled just before the watch changed, when the guards were at their most tired. Slim chance it may be, they had to take it before it was too late...

He tried not to show it, but it was impossible not to be impressed. The hall dwarfed anything he had seen before. He came from a village that was no smaller than most, but the hall would fit it three times over.

He struggled but the light only dimmed further. He could swim like the best of them but the... whatever it was didn't allow him a moment's respite. He was getting light-headed, realising he was much farther down than he should be, could be. He was sinking - sinking in the two-foot deep garden pond without end.

The terrain was rocky, but not impassable. They lost 19 beasts to broken ankles, but they had accounted for at least a dozen more - a sign of good fortune, the men were certain.

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Ralyn wrote about pursuit
“Dogged pursuit is what they do. They run as fast as a horse and can keep it up for days without tiring. Trust me laddie, if they hunt you they won't stop until you're nothing but crushed bones.”

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