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|00027f70| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00027f80| f5 53 65 76 65 72 61 6c | 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 49 |.Several| times I|
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|00027fa0| 73 65 20 74 6f 20 67 65 | 74 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 |se to ge|tting my|
|00027fb0| 20 66 61 6d 69 6c 79 20 | 62 61 63 6b 2e 20 20 45 | family |back.  E|
|00027fc0| 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 6d | 65 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 |very tim|e I was |
|00027fd0| 73 65 76 65 72 65 6c 79 | 20 62 65 61 74 65 6e 20 |severely| beaten |
|00027fe0| 64 6f 77 6e 20 62 79 20 | 61 20 68 6f 72 64 65 20 |down by |a horde |
|00027ff0| 6f 66 20 72 65 64 73 2e | 20 49 74 20 77 6f 75 6c |of reds.| It woul|
|00028000| 64 20 67 69 76 65 20 6d | 65 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 |d give m|e great |
|00028010| 70 6c 65 61 73 75 72 65 | 20 74 6f 20 62 65 73 74 |pleasure| to best|
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|00028080| fc 41 20 63 68 65 73 74 | 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 |.A chest| appears|
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|000280e0| 79 6f 75 72 20 66 65 65 | 74 2e 20 22 49 20 6f 66 |your fee|t. "I of|
|000280f0| 66 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 | 74 68 69 73 20 76 61 6c |fer you |this val|
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|00028110| 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e | 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 66 |has been| in my f|
|00028120| 61 6d 69 6c 79 20 66 6f | 72 20 6f 76 65 72 20 66 |amily fo|r over f|
|00028130| 69 76 65 20 67 65 6e 65 | 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e |ive gene|rations.|
|00028140| 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 | 61 63 63 65 70 74 20 74 | Please |accept t|
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|00028180| df 22 4e 6f 77 20 49 20 | 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 |."Now I |must be |
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|000281a0| 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 72 | 65 64 20 6d 79 20 6d 61 |ransferr|ed my ma|
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|000281c0| 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 6e | 65 77 20 73 69 74 65 2e |s to a n|ew site.|
|000281d0| 20 20 49 20 6d 75 73 74 | 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 |  I must| save th|
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|000281f0| 6f 6f 20 6c 61 74 65 2e | 20 20 49 66 20 20 79 6f |oo late.|  If  yo|
|00028200| 75 20 68 65 6c 70 20 6d | 65 20 72 65 73 63 75 65 |u help m|e rescue|
|00028210| 20 74 68 65 6d 2c 20 49 | 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 | them, I| will re|
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|00028230| 20 65 76 65 6e 20 66 69 | 6e 65 72 20 67 69 66 74 | even fi|ner gift|
|00028240| 2e 22 20 20 44 6f 20 79 | 6f 75 20 6a 6f 69 6e 20 |."  Do y|ou join |
|00028250| 74 68 65 20 67 6f 6c 64 | 20 64 72 61 67 6f 6e 3f |the gold| dragon?|
|00028260| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028270| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028280| c8 22 45 78 63 65 6c 6c | 65 6e 74 21 20 59 6f 75 |."Excell|ent! You|
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|000282d0| 6d 79 20 62 61 63 6b 2e | 20 57 65 20 73 68 61 6c |my back.| We shal|
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|00028350| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028360| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028370| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028380| f7 22 54 68 65 20 72 65 | 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 6c |."The re|ds are l|
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|000283c0| 73 65 6c 64 6f 6d 20 75 | 73 65 64 2e 20 57 65 27 |seldom u|sed. We'|
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|000283e0| 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 61 | 74 74 61 63 6b 69 6e 67 |before a|ttacking|
|000283f0| 2e 20 20 49 27 6c 6c 20 | 6b 65 65 70 20 77 61 74 |.  I'll |keep wat|
|00028400| 63 68 20 77 68 69 6c 65 | 20 79 6f 75 20 72 65 73 |ch while| you res|
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|00028440| 6e 20 68 65 72 65 2e 20 | 49 27 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 |n here. |I'll be |
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|00028510| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028520| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028530| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028540| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028550| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028560| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028570| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028580| 4d 41 20 67 72 6f 75 70 | 20 6f 66 20 72 65 64 20 |MA group| of red |
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|000285d0| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
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|000285f0| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
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|00028640| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028650| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
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|00028720| 73 68 65 73 20 73 74 72 | 61 69 67 68 74 20 61 74 |shes str|aight at|
|00028730| 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 59 6f | 75 20 61 72 65 20 62 6c | you. Yo|u are bl|
|00028740| 6f 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 | 68 65 20 64 6f 6f 72 77 |ocking t|he doorw|
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|00028770| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028780| e5 57 69 74 68 6f 75 74 | 20 61 20 77 6f 72 64 2c |.Without| a word,|
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|000287c0| 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 | 65 6d 62 72 61 63 65 64 |You are |embraced|
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|000287e0| 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a | 65 20 6f 66 20 77 61 67 | the siz|e of wag|
|000287f0| 6f 6e 20 77 68 65 65 6c | 73 2e 20 20 53 68 65 20 |on wheel|s.  She |
|00028800| 73 77 69 66 74 6c 79 20 | 72 61 63 65 73 20 69 6e |swiftly |races in|
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|00028840| 63 61 70 65 20 62 65 66 | 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 |cape bef|ore they|
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|00028870| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
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|00028960| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028970| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |        |        |
|00028980| fc 53 68 65 20 75 74 74 | 65 72 73 20 61 6e 20 69 |.She utt|ers an i|
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|000289b0| 74 6f 20 63 72 75 6d 62 | 6c 65 2e 20 49 6e 73 74 |to crumb|le. Inst|
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|000289d0| 65 6e 74 72 61 6e 63 65 | 20 69 73 20 70 6c 75 67 |entrance| is plug|
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