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2026-10-04 13:00:00CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CALISTABy the tenth day, I stopped counting the money in my bag, because counting it only made the fear worse.I was learning the city now, and I was learning it the hard way… Stay where the crowds were thick during the day, because one face could hide inside a hundred others, and stay off the streets once it got dark, because a woman walking alone and fast was easily the kind of thing people noticed. I only ate when my body forced me to...bread
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