A Cradle Song
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Last published Sat, Apr 30, 2016
"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."
- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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"At least I can assure you that you will come home." Sherlock's voice held a quiet, deadly accuracy. He was an archer with his bow pulled taunt, arrow ready to snap free and drive his point home. "Being dead temporarily and being dead permanently are two very different things, little brother."
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