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Bonds of Blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Alun kept his dream secret, repeating over and over the litany of commands he overheard the swordmaster give his young charges until he knew them by rote; and practiced them daily, beating on the rotting elm by the creek with a solid branch until the moves became a part of him. |
 | | Alun was at his usual place, in the shade of the cold, stone wall, watching the boys and their relentless trainer as he paced watchfully around them. |
 | | Alun, unaware that he had grown almost a foot, was lean and taut with muscle, and his face had lost its boyishness, hardened by relentless exercise and the hollowness that filled his heart. |
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