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“I squared my shoulders and told it that I was trying to be a goddamn hero and it was going to give me a break. It flickered soft silver before it formed the image of a woman. "Finally. I am proud," it said before it dropped me back into the normal world with a thud.”

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Book:Ritual Ink
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