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