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The Red Collar of Lies -The Girl Accused of Lying Was Innocent All Along
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00:02my mom called me a liar from the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of
00:07this
00:08thing around my neck the verity choker mom was luna of silver moon pack and she believed one
00:13thing above all lying was the mark of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs
00:18weakness was not an option so when my twin sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers
00:25around our throats which had witch magic to detect lies green light means truth red light means you
00:31were lying emma's choker always green she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat
00:36and gem would glow a steady green not me green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red
00:47light the choker choked tight i shifted on instinct a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem
00:53around my neck claws scraping against it unable to get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's
01:00eyes had already gone cold instant punishment mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room
01:07no contact with anyone in the pack the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later
01:13i'm doing this for your own good after 10 years of this i started believing it too maybe i really
01:20was
01:20born wrong new year's eve everything changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the pack's bonfire
01:26celebration and that's when the pain hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor
01:32my skeletal frame curling into itself mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down at
01:41me disgusted in her eyes in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's hand
01:49and headed for the door i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted anyway
01:54forced it a small white wolf trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt
02:01less it didn't i couldn't even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to
02:07sorry mom i won't lie anymore but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second
02:14i
02:14thought mom's coming back she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting
02:21mom i reached out with a shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying
02:28she glanced at my neck the gem was flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin
02:34stella how long are you gonna keep this up can't you just be honest and stay here and think about
02:41what you've done dad appeared in the doorway honey should we at least leave her some food
02:48food she has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen money she won't starve lock the door
02:55when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what it's because you spoil her that she turned out this
03:03way look at emma her gem has always been green stella is a liar an alpha heiress who can't tell
03:11the
03:11truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was empty emma stole that money emma ate those snacks emma just
03:19stood there with her glowing green gem saying not me and mom believed her i tried to defend myself
03:26it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight i tried to shift nothing happened deep inside my wolf
03:35barely stirred mom locked me up for three days with nothing but water and stale bread mom turned to
03:42leave emma peeked through the door made a face at me bye sis we're gonna see the bonfire
03:48her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the door locked the house went silent i called my wolf
03:56nothing came back not even a whisper just me alone the pain was unbearable but i kept thinking mom's
04:06right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must be lying i'm not in pain i'm not in pain
04:14i'm not in pain
04:17i kept repeating it like a prayer eventually i almost believed it the pain dulled or maybe i was
04:25just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to write that was the rule if the gem glowed
04:32red i had to
04:33pen a thousand word apology or mom would never let me out i am a liar write it down and
04:41maybe mom would
04:42forgive me maybe she'd even let me out i opened my journal pages and pages of apologies i'd written
04:49over the years sorry i lied i won't do it again but this time i wanted to write the truth
04:56my vision
04:57blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you it really hurts why won't you believe me
05:06please
05:07believe me just once the moment i finished the last word the pain vanished just gone i felt light
05:16weightless i looked down i was floating and there slumped over the desk was my body motionless the
05:26gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck oh i'm dead and then she came out my wolf stepping
05:35out
05:35of my body like she'd been waiting all along small skinny barely holding together she looked up at me
05:43and once soft and low in the pack's old stories they say when a wolf dies young her spirit doesn't
05:51cross over alone her wolf walks beside her until they find the door together i knelt down she pressed
05:59her nose into my ghostly palm finally we were together now but i never learned how to be honest
06:06sorry mom i heard laughter mom dad emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire was beautiful
06:14the best one yet just like our emma perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like that when
06:22she
06:23talked about me i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on instinct i wanted
06:30to help them take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right through her body
06:36like wind is it so cold here is the hearthi out i stood there staring at my transparent hands
06:44my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug the
06:50living
06:51shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully
06:57if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf
07:06not a human pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't
07:14wrong werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises that
07:21stayed for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the
07:27warmth never came she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck
07:36for
07:36one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom pushed open my door didn't even turn on
07:42the light
07:43just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might have known mom didn't listen in the dim glow
07:50from the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't moved still putting
07:57on an act you're 10 years old not 5 grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look at me
08:06touch me i'm freezing
08:08she couldn't hear me she only believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up her choker
08:15with that smug little grin look my gem is green stella's is still red she's lying even in her sleep
08:22that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to be honest
08:30should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem still
08:37lying
08:37come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow the door locked again i floated next to my corpse
08:45my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that single point of red light in the darkness mom if
08:52you
08:52just stepped closer if you just touched my hand you'd know i was ice cold but you didn't you believed
08:59the choker not the daughter you carried for nine months that night a rat crawled out of my empty
09:05cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw rats but now i just floated by the ceiling watching it scurry
09:11across my dead body the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel anything my wolf charged at it anyway
09:18and passed
09:19right through landing on the other side she turned back to look at me confused lost i pulled her close
09:27and buried my face in the fur of her back it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll be over
09:33soon
09:33she let out one low growl then went still against me finally no more pain for either of us the
09:42next
09:42morning sunlight streamed through the window no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom
09:48making breakfast the smell of roasted meat crept under my door my favorite but mom always said
09:55liars don't deserve meat so i only ever got steamed vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud on
10:01purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make me give in and apologize for things i never did
10:07in the old days i might have caved i might have confessed to anything for one bite of roasted meat
10:13but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come out yet dad asked reading the pack notices
10:20she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:27emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:34mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister
10:41with a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just
10:50one night my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door
10:55i remembered being six i had food poisoning couldn't make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me
11:10clean up she made me stand outside pointed at me and told the neighbors look at this she's such a
11:16mess she can't even use the toilet herself now she thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit
11:22in
11:23her own stink but dad stood up frowning that smells really bad i should check could it be a dead
11:30rat or
11:31something my heart if i still had one leapt dad please open the door i'm right here just turn the
11:40handle and you'll see i'm not moving i waved my transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to
11:48my bedroom door willing dad to open it dad touched the door handle his hand froze one was pounding at
11:55the
11:55front door a pack elder urgent business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an
12:02emergency he was already out the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one
12:09second later i would have been found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took
12:15emma to the pack market the house was empty except for my corpse when they came back that evening
12:19loaded down with food and gifts from the market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second
12:25she walked in stella are you trying to turn this place into a den of inequity she didn't even open
12:31my door just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at the bottom if you want to stay in there
12:36and make
12:36disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my house she patted her hands together satisfied then went to
12:42prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so
12:47that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain
12:52the smell mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying to cover it up but the stench of death is unmistakable
12:59sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a thorn pierced her hand she snapped in her mind
13:06i was
13:07doing this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor hiding dead rats in my room all to piss her
13:12off
13:13all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen storm toward
13:19my room i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned what real pain feels like
13:26i floated in front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom please please even though she never
13:35loved me i didn't want her to see me like that but she walked right through me ripped the cloth
13:40strips
13:41off jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open the smell hit her like a wall she
13:46stumbled
13:47back retching stella what are you doing she saw me still slumped over the desk back turned not moving
13:54to her this was the ultimate rebellion i'm talking to you she marched over raised the rolling pin but
14:02stopped she wanted to see my face first wanted to see my get up she grabbed the back of my
14:08shirt
14:08grabbed my skin the moment she touched me she froze through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm
14:14flesh she felt cold hard dead meat the kind of cold that seeps into your bones what but momentum
14:22carried her forward she yanked crash my body stiff as a board toppled backward taking the chair with it
14:29and there was my face blue black eyes bulging features twisted in agony dried foam and blood
14:35crusted around my mouth around my blackened neck the verity choker hung lifeless the gem dark no red no
14:42green just silence my journal slid off the desk fell open at mom's feet the last page stared up at
14:49her
14:50mom my stomach really hurts the choker is wrong i'm not lying please don't punish me mom screamed not a
14:57wolf's howl a raw guttural shriek that tore through her throat she stumbled backward slammed into the
15:05bookshelf a clay pot shattered but she didn't seem to feel the pain she just stared at me eyes wide
15:12unblinking no no no no this is not real stella get up stella get up get up i'm not mad
15:21anymore stop
15:23scaring me her hand reached out trembling to touch my arm the second her skin made contact with my
15:31corpse she recoiled like she'd been burned that cold was too real lisa from next door heard the
15:38screaming and went straight to the pack healer when she saw what was in my room she collapsed in the
15:43gate within the hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack warriors
15:49crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's speaking
15:55it she's always lying
15:59it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like she was a monster
16:05the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe malnutrition
16:12organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to remove the verity
16:18choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the skin of my neck
16:25damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched my wolf lifted her
16:32head and
16:34long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no one flinched
16:42we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from neutral to
16:49horrified mom's eyes locked onto that book that's her confession she admits she lied look she wrote it
16:57herself the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to the council
17:06that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway saw the
17:13body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life his legs gave out he
17:21collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion she pointed at the discolored verity choker
17:28on the table why does stella have a black collar and i have a green one see she held up
17:35her neck the gem
17:36blinked its steady green it was grotesque the council elders arrived before dawn mom straightened when she
17:44saw them even now even with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts kicked in she lifted
17:52her
17:52chin squared her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in the living room
17:58mom grabbed the verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker proved she was
18:05lying red gem means lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating her the council
18:16elders
18:17looked at her like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition months of starvation
18:26aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just discipline that's teaching
18:32her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me fine i'll wear it
18:44watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my blood she took a deep
18:52breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove her way of raising an
18:59alpha air was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm stella's mother this is the
19:08truth the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression shattered
19:17i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good
19:26i love her and suddenly she remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around
19:35my throat biting my lip so i wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it
19:42red i am
19:43telling the truth turn green you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was
19:50mocking her you're a liar you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it
20:00before it changes color with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises
20:08it burns red that's all it does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix
20:18organ failure the pain must have been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so
20:27you
20:27punished her more which made her more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn
20:36redder you are luna you are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your
20:45your own daughter you ignored her cries for help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed
20:53she sat there staring at the flashing gem on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red
21:01light wasn't because i was lying it was because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being
21:09misunderstood scared of eating food that made me sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race
21:16and cold sweat pour down my face i was desperate desperate for a hug for her to hold me the
21:23way she
21:23held emma every signal from my frightened heart she had interpreted as proof of my lies
21:31no get it off
21:35i'm not lying i'm not she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the leather cinched
21:43harder around her throat the moment her neck began to change she snapped back into human form gasping
21:51i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of choking
22:00and she
22:00was already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment so they
22:10opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm allergic my
22:19throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making her angry
22:25my body
22:26ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made me eat the whole
22:35plate
22:35that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted to ease my pain
22:42mom saw it and
22:44said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more minutes mom's hand flew
22:52to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think it was berry juice she
23:00didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story that was blood from a swollen torn
23:08throat june 1st pup's day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak emma's heart is always calm her gem stays
23:18green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit my body ran hot red gem choker tightened
23:26for 10
23:27it hurts so bad but i didn't cry because crying makes your body run hotter and mom thinks that means
23:35you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it didn't hurt mom said see she doesn't even blink
23:44she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it anymore this man who had always put the pack before
23:50his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10 years you monster what did you do that was your
23:58daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the corner of her mouth not my fault not my fault
24:06it's
24:07her it's emma emma's jam was always green emma was a good one if it wasn't for that green light
24:14making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red light so much this is emma's fault that little
24:21princess everyone had protected one of the council elders walked over gently removed the green verity
24:27choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem loose right there it rolled onto the table still
24:35glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone a glowstone that is all your younger
24:43daughter's choker was always going to shine green no matter what she said did or lied about it would
24:51never change your so-called verity choker was a fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was the
25:00evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise
25:07so i wasn't a liar i i laughed laughed until i cried turns out ghosts could cry too the elder
25:15turned to the
25:15last page of the journal his voice broke the handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying mom if i
25:23die
25:23will the choker stop glowing red or if it turns green will you hug me then i'm not lying i
25:30couldn't
25:30heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much like knives next life please don't make me wear the choker
25:39please i just want to be a normal pup i want to eat mom's roasted meat mom stared at the
25:45broken glowstone
25:46on the table that truth magic she trusted without question a worthless stone because of that stone she
25:52spoiled emma for 10 years because of that cursed red light she tortured me for 10 years
26:03mom started laughing her voice cracking in every sound worse than crying fake all fake
26:13i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time my
26:23death became
26:24the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer told me to
26:28everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death
26:36monster murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into the wall
26:46the council convened within the day the verdict was swift dad lost his alpha title no wolf would follow
26:53him now my grandfather the former alpha read out the judgment himself he didn't look at his son once
27:00dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back he took emma and left the pack that same
27:07night
27:07emma was a bad seed sure but she was still his blood before they left emma tried to take her
27:14green choker
27:15dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as he dragged her
27:21away
27:21mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her in the
27:27home
27:28instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to take
27:35off the red choker she would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy she said choking
27:40was the only thing that eased it it was her self-imposed punishment i floated in the darkness
27:46my wolf curled beside me watching her unravel day after day she'd talk to the empty corner where i used
27:53to stand stella i brought you some food no celery today it's all roast just how you like it but
28:00there
28:01was no food there was nothing just her hands cupped around air she'd pretend to set a plate down her
28:08hands shook the gem flashed red she was anxious guilty falling apart she smiled but her eyes were
28:16empty the gem is red mom is lying liars don't deserve food she pulled the choker tight with her own
28:24hands
28:24let it choke her her body convulsed against the cold floor it hurts so much is this how stella felt
28:33i'm sorry mom started reenacting my diary entries i couldn't eat celery because of my allergy
28:41so she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was
28:48locked in isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait
28:54until her forehead bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of
29:03the
29:03bloodstone reflected on the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing
29:10herself the wounds healed slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell into a
29:18deep sleep mom didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong red means
29:26pain
29:27red means love please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time i'll save you i promise too
29:34bad
29:34i'm dead dead wolves can't cry for help eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too far
29:43she'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut at
29:49the
29:49far edge of the village locked from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was
29:55the strangest woman they'd ever seen nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around
30:02her own neck her homemade choker if anyone tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling wild
30:10eyed don't touch me stella's watching she'll be angry if you take it every time the guard called
30:19her name and brought her food mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat
30:25convulsing screaming red light red light don't punish punish me i'll eat i'll eat even if the food was
30:35scalding hot she'd gulp it down burning her throat wouldn't spit it out she was reenacting
30:41my final moments living my hell on repeat years later emma grew up without guidance and with a trail
30:48of shame behind her she drifted from pack to pack stealing to survive no one would take her in when
30:56she
30:56ran out of options she remembered mom was still alive she slipped back into the silverman pack under the
31:03cover of night not for love for money hey crazy lady dad's dead give me whatever you've been hiding
31:12emma stood there face hard eyes full of contempt she looked at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the
31:20floor it's disgusting give me what i want or i'll send you to meet your daughter for a moment mom's
31:28cloudy
31:29eyes cleared she looked at emma and suddenly remembered that choker that always green glowstone
31:36that decade of deception it's you you lie you're the green light that wasn't there you killed stella
31:46give her back to me give her back to me the last shred of maternal love twisted into something feral
31:53mom lunged grabbed emma by the throat should have died not her you
32:02emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a mad woman's grip the guards rushed in pulled her off emma
32:09stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted into the forest she didn't get far
32:17rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone foolish enough to run through
32:23the trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she did it was too late she
32:30survived
32:31barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again meanwhile mom was strapped to her cot
32:38staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally saw me i was 10 again no choker white
32:47dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy stella but the moment her hands touched me
32:56i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been wearing that choker it would have been blood
33:04red
33:04eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom strapped to her bed emma in a wheelchair
33:12begging on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i felt nothing no satisfaction just a flat dead
33:21calm my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge just pressed her head against my hand and
33:28held it there in the distance a door of light appeared soft steady waiting i looked at my wolf
33:36she looked at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter nothing worth holding on to i floated
33:43to
33:44mom's hut one final time she looked ancient hair completely white frail as paper she sent something
33:50her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air right where i stood stella is that you her trembling
33:56hand
33:56reached into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't believe in it anymore come back please i'll
34:03cook for you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma tears rolled down her face i looked at
34:09the red
34:09marks on her neck from the frayed cord i i reached out my cold ghostly finger touched her forehead this
34:17was my final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain her eyes fluttered shut she slumped into a deep
34:24dreamless rest a breeze blew through the hut the old journal on her cot flipped open the last page
34:30my dying words stared up at the ceiling but below it in shaky handwriting were new lines
34:36written by mom during a lucid moment next life let me wear the choker let me be the liar punish
34:43me
34:43however you want just don't leave me i stared at those words felt nothing too late repentance means
34:49nothing to the dead mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either let's not meet again
34:56i turned away my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light still glowed soft steady patient
35:03i looked at my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit form the nightmare that had
35:09changed me for a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless free no red light no
35:16hunger no lies just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked toward the light i didn't
35:23look back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat no response she walked closer
35:29mom's hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the corner of her eye she crouched
35:35beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone
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