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There were strange noises in the night to wake her randomly. The darkness in the leaf and stick filled bed made her stop breathing and listen to the night creatures as they passed by. She even heard the sounds of many, many hoofbeats in the distance late into the night, but they did not pass directly by the shelter she was in. The starred night showed through the very tops of the sapling sized branches around her and she fell back asleep watching the blinking lights.
She had snatches of dreams. Some were comforting. Some were terrifying. Some...she was not sure how the two were mixing. She was active in the dreams, but she could not change what was going on around her.
She was dancing for Lady Hellon with other nobles around her Lady on the hill outside the keep that her Lady liked to entertain on in the Summer. The other dancers were around her, swirling in the colors the Dance Master had put them in. Laun was twirling, seeing the smiles on the faces of the nobles as she turned and then she turned and there was as if another set of people were sitting where the nobles were. They were not replaced, but the shadows of the nobles took form and substance and were moving counter to the light figures. She saw the dancers, too, had shadow selves that were moving and touching and interacting even as their bodies were moving to entertain the nobles. »Read More

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