walls. He told himself he could do it. No matter how hard it was to keep carrying her, in his mind he was determined to keep her alive. Lights flickered from countless braziers mounted hundreds of feet higher on the upper part of the city. Naru stood ominous under the garish light of the four moon sisters, and as the evening gong sounded from atop a watchtower, Talis knew he had made it…. He stumbled towards the main gates, barely able to stand anymore, and a group of soldiers making their rounds noticed and ran over to help. “Young Master Talis, what’s wrong?” said Baratis, the captain of
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