"How about I tell you a story instead?" [name] suggests.
The lion cub lights up once more and nods excitedly.
"Okay, once upon a time there was a young child who lived in the country side with their mom...."
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 [𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦] 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘳𝘴. [𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦]. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴."
"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?" 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘔𝘳𝘴. [𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦]. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦."
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"𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺?" 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮.
"𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥."
"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺?" 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 [𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦] 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.
"𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘥𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?"
[𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦] 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺."
"𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳?"
"𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺."
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The Blacksmith
Fanfic🔥 ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡs ʜᴏᴡ ᴀ ǫᴜᴇsᴛ ɪs ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏᴜᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇɴᴅ ᴅʀᴀsᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ🔥 When a child of Hephaestus ends up in Twisted Wonderland and gets a quest from the Dark Mirror, they can only hope that this won't put a target...
