North Woods
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the same place in her heart where Alice kept her list of children’s names,
“I could see she’d never seen something like it before. It made me proud to have something that could make Beth stop talking. “It’s the sea” I told her. I wanted to tell her more. The story Tauk had told me, but it didn’t come. Just sadness. Just wishes. Just come back, Tauk.”
― Auē
― Auē
“...he never stopped looking for good where others wouldn’t. And he loved damage. Adored it.”
― Auē
― Auē
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