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talked, it got me to thinking. I started snooping around.'' |
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"This is what I wanted you to see," Cosmo harumphed. |
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Brenda began to peel away the wrapping of her tightly held package. When she finished, she reached in and emerged with a small coarse brown figurine of a grotesquely shaped creature with a bloated belly. It was a replica of the sarcophagus of Sate. She held it out for my inspection. "It was sitting on the top shelf of her closet next to a small vase with a sprig of pine and a single tapered candle." |
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All of a sudden it was difficult to breathe. Brenda's hand again darted into the package and again emerged, this time with a crumpled piece of paper. "Cosmo thinks you should see this." |
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ADAIR LINDLEY
YOU AMONG THE MANY ARE CHOSEN. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE COMING OF THE ANCIENT OF ANCIENTS. THE EQUINOCTIAL AWAKENING OF THE YEAR '87 WILL NOT GO WELL. LEARN FROM THIS. AS EMISSARY OF THE NEXT FULL CYCLE, YOU AND YOU ALONE CAN ASSURE ATONEMENT. |
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I let the piece of paper flutter down on |
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