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- base: udimo
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firstSyllable: u
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pos:
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noun:
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neuter:
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- def: >
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The moment of pleasure when someone's associated celestial body
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rises above the horizon.
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reference:
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- excerpt: >
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Even in the depths of his family cave, Rutejìmo knew the moment
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the sun rose above the horizon. The delicate tickle of power
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started at the tips of his toes and fingers before quickly
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coursing along his veins and bones. It reached his heart and
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blossomed into a euphoric wave of pleasure that quickened his
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breath and heart.
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Across the valley, all the adults would be waking up in the same
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manner. They were all part of Shimusògo’s clan, and the dépa’s
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power came from the sun spirit, Tachìra.
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Mapábyo let out a soft coo. She made the same sound every
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morning, and he never tired of hearing it. Rutejìmo rolled on
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his side and swept his leg forward, burrowing through the
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blankets until his shin thudded against the hard muscles of her
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leg. After so many years of sprinting across the desert, both of
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their legs were solid as rock.
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identifier: 0100-02
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title: Sand and Bone 4
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2024-12-08 01:31:31 +00:00
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url: "https://fedran.com/sand-and-ash/chapter-04/"
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verb:
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masculine:
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- def: |
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Anticipating when one's celestial body rises above the horizon.
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- base: uichifogu
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firstSyllable: u
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pos:
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noun:
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masculine:
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- def: >
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The moment when someone first emotionally connects to their spirit
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and uses magic.
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reference:
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He caught a hint of movement again. This time, he didn’t stop
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but glanced over without slowing.
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It was a bird racing him, just a few paces ahead of him and to
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the right. The avian glided across the sand on long legs. Its
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three-toed claws didn’t leave a trail behind it or disturb the
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sands with the breeze of its passing. It kept its short wings
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tight to its body as it ran. A brown-and-white speckled pattern
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ran from its crest down to the end of the long feathers that
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formed the tail. It was a shimusogo dépa, the dune-runner bird
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Shimusògo took his name from.
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Startled, Rutejìmo slowed down, and between one step and the
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next, he lost sight of the bird. Desperate, he tried to maintain
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his speed while looking around but the dépa was gone. He slowed
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down further, peering over his shoulders for the bird.
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As he came to a stumbling halt, all the joy fled out of him. In
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one moment, he was experiencing a high and in the next it was
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gone. It wasn’t until it was missing that he realized he was
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experiencing it. In its wake, a longing burned inside him. He
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wanted to run, something he had never felt before, and the urge
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sang through his veins.
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Rutejìmo frowned and turned in a circle. The dépa was gone and
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Tsubàyo and Karawàbi were quickly outpacing him. The need to run
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burned hotter. In the back of his mind, he knew that if he just
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ran fast enough, the dépa would return. The knowledge, however,
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frightened him since he had never had an urge to run before, nor
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had he ever seen a dépa while running.
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identifier: 0100-00
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title: Sand and Blood 10
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2024-12-08 01:31:31 +00:00
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url: "https://fedran.com/sand-and-ash/chapter-10/"
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