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"if i told you to go over there and hurt them, how would you do it?"
merrick's voice was jovial as the young man put himself entire into the cruel grasp of the bearwitch. "not until death. no broken bones. your — task, surya, is to elicit as much sound as you are able."
the single eye glowed, encouraging the other to speak.