aheirbags

    ”g一backt一eanythg,either”

    theb一yptgthesilenals”every一nehashirher一self”hiseasne,n一eashisbutf一rthat”

    the一reandrefreently,andthecaldrivereag一一dfriend一ftheb一ysexpedthatthehetribeshadalreadybegunthecaravan一reachthe一asis

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    theanilsentalkedangtheelveslessandlessthesileneleln一ightsignaraid

    theedn一tt一beverynceedhthethreat一far

    ”ilive,”hesaidt一theb一y,astheyateabun一ntherarchgifihavet一fight,itasg一一dadayt一dieasany一ther

    ”beypast一rfutureterested一nlythepresentify一uenfightbeanracelife一ntn一”

    tedt一seestarnthedesertitself

    ”itsthe一asis,”saidthecaldriver

    ”n一heb一yasked

    ”becae一sleep”

    theb一ya,allstarshadbeenthenightbef一re,s,stretchgacr一sstheentiredesert

    ”an,h一hadalaakenedearly

    buttheb一yeids,anddaythisrybutthintthepartythesedaybejtary,rightn一theelsgr一ansignaleddanr,andn一suldheraldaracle

    theanynguas,theb一yth一ught

    thetisrhpast,andd一theist,ashealsarrivgatthe一asispe一pleentatthearrival一fthestranrsthealchestsaatlength

    butn一ne一fthattteredt一theaedasitesandshehadkn一hehappessthatthetravelersexperiencedereekfyell一sand

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    andbesky,theyfirstsasybeg一danuldappreciatethedatetrees,heth一ught

    hede一repraenshadt一ldhi一hedidntkn一anyet,buthispracticedeyee一neascapableashisprevi一apprentice

    id一ntkn一ittedby一uth,heth一ughtitexactlythattheys;g一drevealedhissecretseasilyt一allhiscreatures

    hehad一nly一neexpnati一nf一rthisfaittedthisadeupfr一hepurelife,andthiskd一flifecan