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“Most of the streets in Buchanwick were paved, but none followed the straight lines most soft-foot towns insisted on toeing. White Hawk didn’t like straight lines. He said rivers didn’t run straight, so why should streets? He said a meandering street made you wonder what waited around the next bend. And so, the streets of Buchanwick meandered.”

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Book:Path of the Spirit Runner
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