The age of elves is long gone, the dense forests of my people are no more. For millenia we've dwelt instead in the vast desert that now covers the whole world, defending the last of our sacred trees and eking out a living in the shifting sands.
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It was technology that ravaged our world. Humans desire for more, for growth, was insatiable. Even when it was clear that they could not sustain their standard of living on this world they persisted.
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If you love them, set them free.
The Gaikokujin that now fill these hills have a saying that they seem to think will bring comfort to my troubled soul. 'If you love something set it free. If it comes back it's yours. If not, it was n...
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"CONGRATULATIONS", boomed the voice. I wonder if I sounded like that to my masters down the years. Probably more shocking I hoped. In most cases, people were not expecting to meet a genie and get 3 wi...
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