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Come closer, my dears, let me give you a warning, Of the fate that befalls those who stay out past morning, In the darkest hours before the dawn, When witches roam and demons spawn, And children die with spirit gone, Magicked away in the gloaming.Nenia Campbell
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I cannot breathe, or see, nor swim, My darkness is composed of him.Nenia Campbell
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Without ethics, science would be cruelty.Nenia Campbell
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You are my star and you have made me see, ” he tells her, “and I am the air beneath your wings, never rending, never ending.Nenia Campbell
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She has built her whole life on the foundation of beauty: each chiseled plane, each sloping dimple, each soft curve as crucial as keystones in the cathedral of her body.Nenia Campbell
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What happened out there?”“ I almost got quarking toasted by a dragon.”“ A dragon, ” he repeats, scandalized. “Are you mad? Or have you been skulking around the bars of Barbary XIII?Nenia Campbell
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If one has never known freedom, it is easy to be blind to the gridirons composing one's cell.Nenia Campbell
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I'm more than a few neurons shy of a synapse right now, and it feels absolutely fan-fucking-tastic.Nenia Campbell
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She started life with a number, not a name. Class: S, No. 13295. She has them memorized by rote, though nobody ever calls her that. The Scientists feel foolish addressing her in long, bewildering strings of alphanumerics. They have told her so themselves. To save time, they simply call her “Snow.Nenia Campbell