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Yes, I expected to die right there and then, it would seem he had other, worse plans for me. "You are a traitor to your people and if you will not fly with us then you will not fly at all!" In an abrupt motion belying his size he seized my beautiful wings, the pride of the Noble circles and tore them off with the ease of a child plucking a blade of grass. I'd like to say I stood defiant before him, but the pain was too much and blackness crashed down on me.
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Yes, I expected to die right there and then, it would seem he had other, worse plans for me. "You are a traitor to your people and if you will not fly with us then you will not fly at all!" In an abrupt motion belying his size he seized my beautiful wings, the pride of the Noble circles and tore them off with the ease of a child plucking a blade of grass. I'd like to say I stood defiant before him, but the pain was too much.
My last thought as my strength deserted me, that surely no one could suffer such pain and blood loss yet live? A scream of pain devoured the world, though I do not remember making any such sound as blackness crashed down on me in blessed relief.