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Lillyput Fields's avatar

This was a really heavy episode. Very moving.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you! It certainly was hard to write.

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Michael DiBaggio's avatar

A brutal, but well-deserved comeuppance. I like the prodigal daughter element of it, too. And once again I am impressed by the quotidian and very human use of minor magic.

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The Black Knight's avatar

I did promise you to pull as much as I can from my worldbuilding notes :)

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Snowyteller's avatar

To those who cannot face the horror of evil, the weight of malevolence, truth burns. A heavy gift worth more than gold. Gold too, was this part that went from innocent bliss to matured knowledge.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you! I hope that the next chapter will be ready today.

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MoraleOfficerGran's avatar

Wow that was hard to read. But I am so glad they caught the monster. And yet today we still have these monsters who try to trap our young in cages and sell them. This has really turned into a great story.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Indeed, it was supremely hard to write but it had to be done. This novella is not dark fantasy but shadow fantasy and despite some of its darker undertones and themes, it is distinctly hopeful.

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Vince Roman's avatar

Amazing! Happy Wednesday

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The Black Knight's avatar

I thank you :) Posting the new chapter soonish.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Powerful chapter, Knight.

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The Black Knight's avatar

It was hard to write.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

You did a good job!

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The Black Knight's avatar

I will somehow write the next one tomorrow.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Ii get the feeling, good luck with the writing.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

I not the typo li...

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The Black Knight's avatar

Typos, our old nemesis

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