Challenging The Absence
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It's like any other fall day in Werdentown. Breezy and quiet, with leaves falling from the trees. Nothing ever happens in Werdentown and it's never been important until the day a powerful sorcerer steps into the town's politics.
Kasai looked at the ground. "Dozens of towns, dozens of people, and they all leave seeking the same thing. No one ever wants to stay. They all go back out there, alone, thinking they can take on that man... no, that monster on their own." Kasai throws his hands up in the air. "I don't know where they are, but I'm ninety percent sure they're all husks."
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