This halting, unsure way of speaking wasn't like nilia at all. in the past, if she wanted to say something, she said it directly.
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Are you saying you knew nilia would be there, and you didn't warn us?"
"am i surrounded by idiots!? what do you think these two fopdoodles were for!?"
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nilia grabbed him by the shoulder and jerked him around. "what's gotten into you!? you can't just -" and that's when she saw the look on his face, his blind panic, his terror, his dread. "ander? what's wrong? speak to me!"
"they didn't get away, nilia!"
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nilia grabbed him by the shoulder and jerked him around. "what's gotten into you!? you can't just -" and that's when she saw the look on his face, his blind panic, his terror, his dread. "ander? what's wrong? speak to me!"
"they didn't get away, nilia!"
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Lucky for him, nilia didn't count that as a word, and he remained in the realm of the living. at least for the time being.
"well, nilia?" hyker said, spreading his arms wide. "i'm sure you're not a total idiot.
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"i am not hurt," nilia said, the scratch in her arm glistening dimly in the firelight, "but dorin is. please help him, bethany."
mother started a little, as if nilia had given her a slap instead of a request.
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