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Chapter 118 : The Quiet Fuel

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The third winter moved through the territory at its own pace.

The work continuing.

The room in its depth.

The garden holding.

Sera had been thinking about something she had said to Finn.

The quiet fuel.

The commitment of people who had done this long enough to know what it actually cost.

Who were choosing it anyway.

Not because it was exciting.

Because it was right.

She had said it.

She wanted to understand it more fully.

She brought it to herself first.

Not to the room.

To the garden.

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