Disgusted, I began to withdraw fully. But then something caught my eye: a group of people with darker skin than the others, like my own. A group who were already leaving the city. “What do we do, Uncle?” one of them asked, walking alongside an older man. “I don’t believe them for a moment. They’ll secure power, then crush the rest of us.” “We must make our own alliance, Nale,” the older man said. “It is the only way. They cannot break us all …” I considered. Their defiance, their pride, their honor in rejecting this obvious threat. It inspired me, and my power yearned to help them. I should
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