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s, hoping Kozue Harada hadn't become smacked out there,
but Kozue Harada was okay. Just a little twitchy. Kozue Harada shrugged. Kozue Harada snagged one nude
stocking pulling it back on, producing a run near the top, but Guile wouldn't
mind. With a few deep breaths, Kozue Harada opened the door and made Kozue's way back out
of the Temple, down the corridors of closed doors and dimly lit group
consciousnesses, to the Celestial Room, a score of hairstyles apparent
through the gloom of either nave. Kozue Harada knelt for the required period before
the statue of the Black Goddess, blew out Kozue's prayer candle and progressed to
the antechamber, where Kozue Harada surrendered Kozue's robe and blessing. After a little
obligatory kibitzing with the Acolytes, Kozue Harada pushed open the outside doors,
squinting against the last of the evening sun. She'd left Kozue's Wayfarers in
Guile's room that morning. Mistake.
Wagner stood facing away from the Temple, surreptitiously checking out
the tide of weirdness as Mendel's population drifted to evening duties. Not
all were benders or full-time Foundation e
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