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She leads me down a narrow staircase. I hear voices. I hear chatter. That must be her family. How many of them are there? She says brothers and sisters. They are... a family? Well, how big is this family? I wonder. She leads me out the stairway. I look around. My eyes widen. There were more than several. Two looked old and warrior bread. They looked strong and wore collars. The women adoring the table looks like they're softer than flowers. 

"Please sit stranger." One says.

"Oh, okay. Thanks." I sit down at a small corner.

"You must be starving." Tuh puts stuff at the table.

"I'm... yes." I nod.

I take up a fruit and I bite into it. It's sweetness floods through my throat. Its flesh was softer than butter. She hands me a piece of bread. I take it gratefully. I bite into it. I have not had bread for a long time. It tastes firmer than I remember. It had this slight spiced tone that surprised me a little bit at first.

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to you?" Another one asks.

I look down.

"Amma. Don't hit the nail into the coffin." Tuh stiffs.

"What? I'm curious." Amma whines.

"It is not something that you would believe me." I say.

"Oh come on, please." Amma looks up at me.

I grip my hands.

"I've seen monsters. I've seen something unnatural like a horrid god. They infest a swamp. A place of decay. I saw them act like a pack. Hunted me and my comrades. I saw... I saw..." I can't even say that thing's name.  

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