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Don’t worry, everyone,
the joblin thing is harmless,
he’s just confused about who he is
since the dracans got him first
and convinced him
they were the good guys,
they even got him
to run after us
when we were returning home
and try some cute light show
to annoy us
but good news:
the dracan town is gone,
the enemy has left
though this creature
told us too many times
we could go to the lake for free
so the dracans probably convinced him
they were truly fleeing
and sent him out
as bait
so we’d fall into their trap
when we arrived.
So let’s rebuild our canal
but watch out for an ambush.
Ready, everyone?
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no,
the dracans
hadn’t lied to me
for a year,
they couldn’t have.
They couldn’t have lied
about
knowingly keeping water
from these caricaurs.
About
worshiping a moon deity
they knew killed other gods.
About
telling me they were leaving
so I’d tell the caricaurs,
who’d believe it
and fall for a dracan ambush.
No.
No no
no,
was I that
stupid?
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