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BEAT IT INTO THE MARROW OF YOUR BONES! SO THAT YOU BECOME THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SECRETS UROKODAK/ TAUGHT YOUS
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CORRECTS My UNNECESSARY MOVEMENTS AND BAD HABITS. SHE NEVER TELLS ME. THE DEFECTS IN MY STYLE. “il iy “ha i ei SHE DOING seenee | TAIS FOR > D/O SHE Mee COME WE REALLY LIKE URO-
ARE OTHER CHILDREN THEY'RE ALL AROUND, WATCHING YOU. AND YOUR TEMPERATURE SHOOTS UP. ... ACCELERATES YOUR BLOOD FLOW AND HEARTBEAT. THEY AREN'T S/BLINGS. THEY WERE BOTH ORPHANS. /S A BT OF A STRANGE GIRL. SHE SAYS |: THINGS /N A WEIRD WAX
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CONTEST WAS S/MPLE. My I a M V4 “hi A 2 Ey STRONGER, FASTER BLADE .. YOU'VE FINALLY GOT THE FACE OF A MAN.
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/T SEEMED LIKE A SAD SMILE TO SUDDENLY, SAB/TO WIN, TANUIRO... AGAINST THEM
AND / FOUND THAT MY SWORD HAD NOT CUT SAB/TO’"S MASK. /T HAD SPLIT THE BOULDER.