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Chapter 22
~*There wasn't much to say: There he was, there I was, there they were. My father…-* Luna, his scent was SO familiar - *...My father wasn't very nice. He was scary. But he TAUGHT me how to be scary, so I knew that he loved me.The others weren't like me and father; they were timid, weak. They were really nice to me, though, so sometimes I let them - but father didn't usually like that, so he would have to teach me how to be Strong that evening.He was really happy with how large I was growing, though. I was happy, too, that he was finally proud of me for something. He never said that, but I could tell. If he thought I was Weak we probably wouldn't fight so much.
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