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Day 20
She didn’t sleep. Not yet. The night wasn’t through with her.
And outside, unseen, the raven perched on the chimney again. It watched the frost form on the window. It did not blink.
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Day 20
She didn’t sleep. Not yet. The night wasn’t through with her.
And outside, unseen, the raven perched on the chimney again. It watched the frost form on the window. It did not blink.
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Day 19
This is big, Bill. Bigger even than Dorothy’s Last Adventure. I have in my hands the diary of a young satanist—completely authentic, utterly shocking. It’ll blow everything we’ve done so far out of the water.”
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Day 19
This is big, Bill. Bigger even than Dorothy’s Last Adventure. I have in my hands the diary of a young satanist—completely authentic, utterly shocking. It’ll blow everything we’ve done so far out of the water.”
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Day 18
Quickly. Bring it to the pens, up the hill. Find a nursing sow to thrust it at. Before it becomes a pet.
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Day 18
Quickly. Bring it to the pens, up the hill. Find a nursing sow to thrust it at. Before it becomes a pet.
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Day 17
Ahhh, the paperwork! The endless, ceaseless bureaucracy of our fine and efficient system!
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Day 17
Ahhh, the paperwork! The endless, ceaseless bureaucracy of our fine and efficient system!
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Day 16
They were stuck here, trapped in another dead end, and if they didn’t find a way past this sector, they were as good as gone.
So she made a decision.
She stepped forward.
And placed her hand on the manual activation panel.
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Day 16
They were stuck here, trapped in another dead end, and if they didn’t find a way past this sector, they were as good as gone.
So she made a decision.
She stepped forward.
And placed her hand on the manual activation panel.
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Day 15
Within a week, contractors arrived. Not locals. Not even state-certified. They moved with an efficiency too perfect to be human.
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Day 15
Within a week, contractors arrived. Not locals. Not even state-certified. They moved with an efficiency too perfect to be human.
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Day 14
Nothing else. No carcasses. No bone. No hair. No smoke.
Just gray-white ash so fine it looked sifted by hand.
She approached without asking.
The ground was warm beneath the snow.
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Day 14
Nothing else. No carcasses. No bone. No hair. No smoke.
Just gray-white ash so fine it looked sifted by hand.
She approached without asking.
The ground was warm beneath the snow.
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Day 12
Be careful, it's dark out there.
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Day 12
Be careful, it's dark out there.
"Had they been a little smarter, she’d have given them exactly what they wanted from her, in such quantities they’d beg her to stop. "
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"Had they been a little smarter, she’d have given them exactly what they wanted from her, in such quantities they’d beg her to stop. "
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Day 11
"Soon enough," he murmured softly to himself, [...]. "She’ll see what she has conjured."
Above him, in the darkened trees, ravens stirred restlessly, echoing softly the trickster’s quiet laughter.
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Day 11
"Soon enough," he murmured softly to himself, [...]. "She’ll see what she has conjured."
Above him, in the darkened trees, ravens stirred restlessly, echoing softly the trickster’s quiet laughter.
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Day 10
"In their time, these gods represented courage, justice, strength. Qualities we, too, cherish. Our ancestors found guidance there, as we find ours elsewhere."
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Day 10
"In their time, these gods represented courage, justice, strength. Qualities we, too, cherish. Our ancestors found guidance there, as we find ours elsewhere."
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Day 9
"But they’re heathen gods," Trixie insisted quietly, her voice strained yet attempting humility. She stared up at Thor, his carved eyes fierce, wooden hammer poised eternally mid-strike. "False idols, demons."
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Day 9
"But they’re heathen gods," Trixie insisted quietly, her voice strained yet attempting humility. She stared up at Thor, his carved eyes fierce, wooden hammer poised eternally mid-strike. "False idols, demons."
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Day 8
Two severed pig heads in a plastic bag. She set them down on a side table as she read over the writing on the package, pausing for a moment as if she was consulting an inner calendar.
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Day 8
Two severed pig heads in a plastic bag. She set them down on a side table as she read over the writing on the package, pausing for a moment as if she was consulting an inner calendar.
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Day 7
“GoldBear handles California’s infrastructure. It keeps the state running—food, power, transit, government stability. I represent it, officially, because an AI can’t hold office. It advises, but I decide.”
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Day 7
“GoldBear handles California’s infrastructure. It keeps the state running—food, power, transit, government stability. I represent it, officially, because an AI can’t hold office. It advises, but I decide.”
"He stood up from the piece of wood he’d been sitting on, brushed off his pants, and headed toward his tent, where a small bird with a tiny backpack strapped to its back was already waiting. "
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"He stood up from the piece of wood he’d been sitting on, brushed off his pants, and headed toward his tent, where a small bird with a tiny backpack strapped to its back was already waiting. "
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"“I don’t bother myself with the names of corpses,” she snapped."
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"“I don’t bother myself with the names of corpses,” she snapped."
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Day 9:
"If I were to teach an economics course, I would start with the story of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island"
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Day 8:
"e idea that it is possible to identify an ultimate purpose or direction to history is not only deeply demeaning to human freedom—it is also simply wrong"
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Day 7:
"The systematic abuse of emotional appeals has generated, at best, widespread indifference and disenchantment toward public life"
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Day 9:
"If I were to teach an economics course, I would start with the story of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island"
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"“Fuck all the gods of all the faiths,” wheezed Boil quietly."
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"“Fuck all the gods of all the faiths,” wheezed Boil quietly."
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"He could already imagine the disappointed faces of his wife and kids if he admitted that he, a soldier of the Company, a man with plenty of blood on his hands, was afraid of a damn bird – and it wasn’t even a metaphor. "
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"He could already imagine the disappointed faces of his wife and kids if he admitted that he, a soldier of the Company, a man with plenty of blood on his hands, was afraid of a damn bird – and it wasn’t even a metaphor. "
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Day 8:
"e idea that it is possible to identify an ultimate purpose or direction to history is not only deeply demeaning to human freedom—it is also simply wrong"
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Day 7:
"The systematic abuse of emotional appeals has generated, at best, widespread indifference and disenchantment toward public life"
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Day 6:
"Freedom requires risk and responsibility. This is inevitable. It cannot depend on a single individual but must be an inevitably collective commitment."
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Day 8:
"e idea that it is possible to identify an ultimate purpose or direction to history is not only deeply demeaning to human freedom—it is also simply wrong"
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"Whatever he wanted to say was lost forever when the Hunchback stabbed him in the right eye."
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"Whatever he wanted to say was lost forever when the Hunchback stabbed him in the right eye."
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Day 7:
"The systematic abuse of emotional appeals has generated, at best, widespread indifference and disenchantment toward public life"
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Day 6:
"Freedom requires risk and responsibility. This is inevitable. It cannot depend on a single individual but must be an inevitably collective commitment."
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Day 5:
"So far, it has worked quite well, and I believe that one of the propositions all economists agree on is: If something works, let it work."
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Day 7:
"The systematic abuse of emotional appeals has generated, at best, widespread indifference and disenchantment toward public life"
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Day 6
...Do you have any objections?”
Jan’s lips pressed into a thin line. “Yes. It’s bullshit.”
Melissa elbowed him hard, but he only winced slightly. “Sorry,” he said, his tone sarcastic. “It’s bullshit, Sire.”
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Day 6
...Do you have any objections?”
Jan’s lips pressed into a thin line. “Yes. It’s bullshit.”
Melissa elbowed him hard, but he only winced slightly. “Sorry,” he said, his tone sarcastic. “It’s bullshit, Sire.”
"Even now, as he recalled these events, some part of him laughed uproariously, caring for nothing."
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"Even now, as he recalled these events, some part of him laughed uproariously, caring for nothing."
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