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A Short Story : The Consequences Of The Story-A Story?

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“Then, how did he come to Naan?” Anna asked. “With the help of Montague La-Rose, I opened a doorway. But there were consequences. Upon entering, the entity’s memory—Rayne’s memory—was wiped clean. It was a dangerous but necessary compromise. To win this war, we need both Rayne Volpi and Montague La-Rose to end the Nekrums’ madness. I already sent for Montague,” Burton said. It’s all magic and sorcery, Anna thought. She didn’t understand any of it. “Montague is in the dungeons of Ikarus, heavily guarded. How are you going to get him out?” “You got out,” Burton noted. Anna smirked. “Besides, there are other ways to get to him; from underground. The trolls are my allies,” said Burton. “Trolls?” Anna asked. “Yes, trolls.” “I didn’t think that they were real.” “They are as real as those waterbirds you keep seeing. And all those old stories that you were told as a child about the monsters in the sky; they were also real. Our sky is occupied by an evil force,” Burton said. The news was a paradigm shift for Anna. What she thought she knew about the world was no longer true. The myths that Montague had exposed to her held more truth than written history. And she was shocked at how much Burton knew about her seeing waterbirds when she had never met him before. “So how do we get Rayne’s memory back?” Anna asked. “I need your help with that, my dear. When the time comes,” Burton said. Anna saw land ahead. It looked like a

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