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| Goatswood |
"There's an issue... The whole village drank water from the creek. No one said blood was thicker than water anymore. Brothers attacked brothers, fathers ambushed mothers, grandparents turned on neighbors."
"Neighbors?"
" Yes. That was the only exception."
"Ahm..."
"I know. We went a bit overboard."
"Do you realize that now we won't get the grant? We will never be able to convince them that proverbs are our way in."
"Yes, well, but that was a bit of a silly idea in the first place. Humans are insane. Let's try that other planet with the little green men."
"Why? Oh, why?!"
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