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To my brother, who has opened up his home to me countless times, helped me get my first job, and (hopefully) has forgiven me for whining and begging for those Garbage Pail Kids cards, that I had to have of his, and inevitably losing them. Yeah, that's what little sisters do, annoy their big brothers. Thanks Geoff.

As I stood outside, I felt the crisp January air graze my cheek. I stared up at the pale blue sky with a few wisps of clouds in the distance. We had to meet the council in twenty minutes and I had no idea where Joshua had disappeared to. I approached the edge of town, thankful for the first time in my life no walls or gates kept us locked inside. Leaving Shadow wasn't much of an option as I had nowhere else to go. In the seven months I had been here, this place had become my home. I shuffled slowly through the grasses, watching as they rose in height with each step I took further into nothingness. From the distance I could hear the commotion of the town behind me, and as I moved further away the sound drifted into oblivion.

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