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“What does Channari mean?" I asked when I finally found my voice again. "It means 'moon-faced girl,'" Raikama said, touching her ridged skin. "Poetic, isn't it? And fitting. Vanna was the sun to my moon”

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Book:Six Crimson Cranes
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