Within Bounds
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- Parts 18
Ongoing2h 22m
Last published Sat, Sep 6, 2025
No one knows Einar, nor her work
Yet she still strives to being the best, motivated by her father's motto
But doubt begins to take hold, and so does vengeance...
How can you love or even want to work for those who have done nothing but injustice to you?
Prompted to travel, and to exploration by the sudden appearance of a life-threatening mystery and a long history of doomed expeditioners
Einar and team embark on an adventure to uncover that the world is not all it seems...
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