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"close!" corinna said encouragingly, tail waving, "so he set off the next morning, but he thought his sister was stupid for not taking up the whole day. she could've had so much more! so, motivated by greed, the son moved as fast as he could. he covered a whole quarter of the territory-- never stopped running and marking. and he was mere minutes away from where he started by the time was setting, he could see himself ruling all of the land." she paused, taking a moment for the victory to soak in with engel-- if it even would.

"and then, after running in that heat all day-- not stopping to rest or eat or drink... he collapsed. dead. dude died." corinna gave a gentle shrug, wondering if he'd put together the story with what he'd previously said about not knowing if this place was good enough. she probably could've said something much simpler, but corinna rather liked sharing stories. "all cause nothing was good enough for him."