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While free of anxiety and mourning and fear, she had also been emptied of any ability to feel joy or passion or contentment, but these, also, were considered weaknesses by snakes, best kept away from.
The serpent slithered away from her then, leaving her alone by the cart. All fear and trepidation had gone out of her, and she knew that she was safe in this place, as it was dominated by a benevolent and powerful creature that clearly favored her. She pondered what to do next.
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Her loyalty to Allaria and her knightly oath remained, and she knew that she must still try to restore her true self to optimally fulfill that oath.
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Her loyalty had been based upon emotion, and she no longer felt any true allegiance to Allaria. This was about survival now. No matter what, her first step was still to recover her voice, and she'd just go from there.
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Her loyalty had been based upon emotion, and she no longer felt any true allegiance to Allaria. This was about survival now. But remaining here, under the protection of the serpent, seemed the best option for a voiceless waif like her.
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