Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 9)

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Tue May 10, 2022 10:43 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 10:43 pm
“Yeah.” Ky looked down the hall, getting angry at the injustice again. “He got fucked.” The profanity felt weird in her mouth. And yet also felt fitting.

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Tue May 10, 2022 10:48 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 10:48 pm
"By the gods, right?" She wrinkled her nose. "These northern gods are so petty."
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Tue May 10, 2022 10:52 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 10:52 pm
“I liked it better when I didn’t know they were real.”

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Tue May 10, 2022 10:57 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 10:57 pm
"The gods have always been real. It's the monsters out there that I'm worried about, now that they're real. You said something about a Stone Mother?"
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Tue May 10, 2022 10:59 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 10:59 pm
Ky shuddered. “I’d never heard of her. Apparently people murdered her sons so now she wanders the lands and is very, very slow but never stops. Ever. And if she sees you then she’ll chase you until you get tired of running and then she’ll put your skull on her back.”

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:01 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:01 pm
Ada stared at her, horrified. "That's horrible. And she's real?"
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:03 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:03 pm
“Rönn says so,” she said with a cringe.

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Tue May 10, 2022 11:04 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:04 pm
"Then I'm going to be very, very glad to get home." She shivered. "What does she do with the skulls?"
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:05 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:05 pm
Ky shrugged. “I don’t know… I was too scared to ask. I didn’t like she’s real.”

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Tue May 10, 2022 11:11 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:11 pm
"Best not to know some things like that. Unless you have a fighting plan. Can any of these things be killed?"
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:16 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:16 pm
(Omg they’re just sending me HOME— under 3 hour work day I’m here for it)

“I doubt it.” Ky shook her head. “How do you kill a stone?”

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Tue May 10, 2022 11:17 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:17 pm
(Hell YES)
(So long as you get paid!)

"I...she's actually stone? I guess you have to drop her somewhere deep? Or break her with a hammer?"
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:27 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:27 pm
(Yes! I’m salary and this is the first job in my life where that has worked out in my favor haha I’m used to like 50+ work weeks in my salary jobs but this is like, never more than like 43 and most weeks much less. I got a three day weekend, 6 hours yesterday, 3 today. And still getting a normal paycheck. I’m so happy haha)

“Or avoid her like the plague.”

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:29 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:29 pm
(Nice!)

Ada nodded. "She can't get you if she doesn't know you."
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:30 pm
Shady says... · Tue May 10, 2022 11:30 pm
“Unless she sees you,” Ky pointed out. “She doesn’t have to know you to kill you.”

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Remember when dad's shoulders were the highest place on earth and your mom was your hero? Race issues were about who ran the fastest, war was only a car game. The most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and good byes only meant tomorrow? And we couldn't wait to grow up.
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