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 | | At that time, they agreed that Our Lord, holiest of holies, weary of His effort in the Creation, certain that heresy would not end there, kept the one to guard Him in His repose. |
 | | Against further betrayal, the traitor was bound by an undeniable need to drink the blood of his blood; because his task applied only while his Lord rested, he would never again bask within the glory of the light; as punishment, his name was wiped clean off the ledger of Creation. |
 | | And still she searched, the desperate thirst twisting her vision, until she saw Him, walking around a corner, heard a raised voice that was certainly His, a whisper calling a name that was certainly hers, though she had none. |
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