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All that changed when they died. | All that changed when they died. | ||
β | The first time they were | + | The first time they were twenty and drowned in a flash flood. When they awoke screaming about what they saw in the dry lands, everyone put it down to a fever dream and the shock of a near drowning. Even Effid did, for a time, before they became aware of the things they knew. The things they could do. |
The second time was harder to explain. Difficult to pass off a broken spine as a near miss. When Effid came back they didn't speak of what they'd seen but people looked at them differently all the same. | The second time was harder to explain. Difficult to pass off a broken spine as a near miss. When Effid came back they didn't speak of what they'd seen but people looked at them differently all the same. | ||
β | Mistaking fear | + | Mistaking fear for as fear of, Effid went into the wilds. |
β | + | Ill prepared and alone, they didn't survive the winter. Two of their cousins found them as they returned yet again, and took them by force to a nearby Forestal. | |
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+ | Effid stayed there for a time. When they next went into the wilds they were better prepared, and now they protect the wild places and the people that come to them for healing and help. | ||
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