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Just added roughly 250 words today. An excerpt, all first-drafty stuff:<\/p>\n
I strode up to the silver coffin, the parallel blades of the Salt Chamber Sword singing hungry in my hand. The closer I got, the more it vibrated, testing my grip and rattling my teeth. The coils of my Dragon looped out around me in a spiral, pushing the guards back; her wings covered me protectively, but none of them were fool enough to try shooting again.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, alright,\u201d I murmured to my sword. \u201cI\u2019ll give you what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n
I drew the Salzkammergutschwert down the length of the silver coffin.<\/p>\n
The black tuning-fork blade squealed through the thick metal case as easily as drawing a pen across paper, except the line left by this writing instrument was a hot metal gash. The ancient faerie blade jerked and popped in my hand, and I struggled to control it so I didn\u2019t harm the occupant\u2014oh, that precious occupant!\u2014as the screeching Salt Chamber Sword popped clamps and cut hinges alike, bits of hardware clattering to the floor in glowing showers of sparks.<\/p>\n
My arm completed its motion. The Salzkammergutschwert quit singing. Something thudded against the lid, which shuddered, jumped, then flipped aside, the thin hands of the occupant clawing for the air. A slender child rose from the prison, screaming, fanged, eyes glowing, and for the briefest snap-second I imagined it might have been Cinnamon.<\/p>\n
Then the starved vampire child\u2019s gaze fell on me\u2014and he lunged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Onward.<\/p>\n
-the Centaur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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