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auty then! 'Tis only in his own eyes that I look good.
Here comes your tutor and you must go to your lessons now. Learn them
well, lest another foul sorcerer come to take what is rightfully
yours.
Look at them run, my beloved prince. They do remind me so of
us when we were that age. I wish we still had some of that boundless
energy.
Why, yes, my heart, I do believe I could get up enough energy
for that, if we do it slow and easy. Let's go to my room. No one will
disturb us there.
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Galen headed down his favorite trail, breathing in the familiar
scents of the forest. He'd been down this trail countless times
before, but somehow this was different; this time there was something
else there, something egging him on. As he scanned the underbrush
with his ears perked up and eyes focusing on anything that moved,
he suddenly realized that he was looking for something -- but he
didn't know what. He passed quickly through the clearings on the
trail, several occupied by girls picking the newly blossoming
berries. One girl, picking cherries off an odd tree that was
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