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starting count: 52845
ending count: 54062
change: +1217
starting line:
Nikki turned as another rider joined them, her pale horse moving easily up through the Shadow guards to pace beside Cerebus.
ending line:
“Nice bruises,” Shanna said, and Nikki flushed.
darling:
Shanna led her along what might have once been a path but had long since deteriorated into the ghost of a game trail, overspread with tree roots and moss. No dead leaves here; the trees had long since given up their raiment, standing mutely bare, emaciated arms raised to an uncaring sky. A solemn, wistful sadness permeated the scene, and Nikki was unsurprised to see ornate wrought iron gates rising out of the distance.
ending count: 54062
change: +1217
starting line:
Nikki turned as another rider joined them, her pale horse moving easily up through the Shadow guards to pace beside Cerebus.
ending line:
“Nice bruises,” Shanna said, and Nikki flushed.
darling:
Shanna led her along what might have once been a path but had long since deteriorated into the ghost of a game trail, overspread with tree roots and moss. No dead leaves here; the trees had long since given up their raiment, standing mutely bare, emaciated arms raised to an uncaring sky. A solemn, wistful sadness permeated the scene, and Nikki was unsurprised to see ornate wrought iron gates rising out of the distance.
