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“Andromeda wondered why they had made an altar from a box and a basket, but she already knew the answer. These [priests] didn't care about Poseidon, for all that they served in his temple and grew fat on his offerings. They didn't revere him in celebration, they lived only to punish those who blasphemed. And the daughter of those who blasphemed...”

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Book:Stone Blind

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