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“Will you be performing the fire dance for us soon, Jorr-Don?” Zoska asked in the Mokta language. “Or were you intending to break your spine to avoid the hunt?” “Neither. The stretches loosen me up,” Jordan replied in Mokta. “I do them every morning and they help me.” “I eat a hearty meal every morning. That helps me!”

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Book:Jordan's World
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