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She wanted to punch her father in his snout, but she wouldn__. He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her father just the same.
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She wanted to punch her father in his snout, but she wouldn__. He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her father just the same.
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A Tale of Two Dragons

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