Book 1 - James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing

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force, angling into a steep climb. The grandstands fell away. Rows of seats and banners flickered past, and then gave way to an enormous, grey sky. Motion seemed to stop, despite the air and rain that barreled past him. James risked a glance behind him. The Quidditch pitch looked like a postage stamp, shrinking and growing hazy behind a raft of clouds and mist. James gasped, inhaling wind and rain, panic gripping him like giant claws. He was still climbing. Great grey slabs of cloud barreled past, buffeting him with shocking darkness and cold. James shoved down on the broom again, gritting his teeth and stifling a cry of terror. He felt the broomstick dip sickeningly, almost hurling him off. He couldn’t seem to make it do anything other than drastic altitude changes. James had lost all sense of direction. He was surrounded by rain and dense clouds. For the first time, getting on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team seemed much less important than simply getting both feet back on the ground, wherever it was. He couldn’t gauge how fast he was going or in what direction. Wind and mist tore at his face, making his eyes water. Suddenly, there were other shapes nearby. They swooped around him out of the clouds. He heard distant yelling, calls, his name. One of the shapes angled toward him and James was shocked to see Zane on a broomstick, his face chalk white, his blonde hair whipping wildly around his head. He motioned at James as he banked, but James couldn’t make sense of his gestures. “Follow me!” Zane shouted over the wind as he swooped by. The other figures resolved as they centered on James. He saw Ted and Gennifer, the Ravenclaw. They moved into formation around him. Ted was calling directions to James, but he couldn’t make them out. He concentrated on angling the broom in the direction that Zane was flying. The clouds barreled past again like freight trains, and James lost sight of the other flyers. There was a buffeting shock of cold air, and then the ground opened up beneath James, swaying with enormous finality. The Quidditch pitch was rising to meet him, its matted grass looking very hard and unforgiving. Zane was still ahead of James, but he was pulling back, slowing, gesturing wildly with one hand. James pulled back on his own broomstick, trying to emulate Zane, but the force of the wind roaring past fought him. He battled it, turning, wrestling the broomstick up so that he feared it might snap beneath him. And then his rain-slicked hands slipped, fumbled and he fell backwards, gripping the broom desperately with only his legs. He was spinning wildly, end over end. James felt the force of Zane whipping past, Zane’s shouts diminishing behind him with horrible speed. The ground swooped around his head, reaching up to embrace him, and James heard the sound of it, a huge, low roar, getting louder and louder until… There was a horrible jolt. James squeezed his eyes shut, trying not to hear the sound of his body hitting the ground. There was no sound. He risked opening his eyes just a tiny bit, and then looked around with relief and surprise. He was hovering five feet above the center of the Quidditch pitch, still straddling his broom, but not holding on. Rain hissed all around him as the Ravenclaws and Gryffindors stared at him. Zane, Ted, and Gennifer drifted down around James, gawping at him. Then Ted turned. James followed his eyes. 88
Ralph stood on the edge of the field, his robes soaked through and sticking to him, an umbrella lying abandoned at the edge of the grandstands. Every muscle in Ralph’s body seemed to be tensed, straining, as he held his ridiculous, enormous wand straight out, pointing it at James. He was trembling visibly. Rain streamed down his face, matting his hair to his forehead. “Do I have to keep this up?” he said through gritted teeth. “Or can I let go now?” 89
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James Potter and the Hall of Elders
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Then I have an ivory chair high to
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“See how Mr. Pink does it?” Mr.
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Mr. Pink led them through the doorw
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the upper jaw. It slammed down and
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1. Shadow of Legends James Potter m
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ules had been changed to admit them
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“James who?” James said, feelin
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“Yeah?” Ralph brightened. Zane
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Zane jumped up, offering the boy hi
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simply never left. Next to him was
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in response to the calling of his n
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James let the rest of the announcem
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pocket. James noticed that everyone
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and weeds. James followed and saw t
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ackwards desperately, terrified. Th
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“They’re not waiters, they’re
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“Sure. Everybody knows that a bea
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Page 40 and 41: know yet began to move among the cr
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Page 44 and 45: very willing, wizard chess contende
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Page 48 and 49: At dinner, the three of them sat to
Page 50 and 51: 3. the Ghost and the Intruder James
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Page 58 and 59: “True enough. A quaint and merely
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Page 62 and 63: James blinked, finally registering
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Page 86 and 87: “Yeah,” Ted agreed. “And all
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Page 96 and 97: Time is so strange here It feels lo
Page 98 and 99: As they filed toward the Transfigur
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Page 104 and 105: James circled around the group, try
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Page 108 and 109: James followed his dad around to th
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Page 130 and 131: “That’s not the point son. You
Page 132 and 133: 7. Broken Loyalty James’ first cl
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“Come on,” Zane whispered, star
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“Where’s Ralph?” Harry asked
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“Dad! Dad, there’s someone down
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When they reached the path leading
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Hardcastle glanced at Harry, his ex
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“They’re probably tucked into t
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8. the Grotto Keep Zane, James, and
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It came again, nearer this time, bu
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island. James assumed they’d been
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Ignoring Zane, James wrapped his ha
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“A spirit of the wood?” Zane as
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Wednesday morning, James felt slugg
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“Naiads and dryads?” Hagrid exc
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“Don’t forget what we talked ab
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“James?” Neville said behind hi
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eakdown of the match while everyone
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Finally, the room hushed. James loo
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Jackson maintained eye contact with
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“A simple rule of thumb,” Jacks
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James resumed his walk to Charms cl
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Wymnot’s Wand Polish and Enchant-
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“We assert that these three assum
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powers able to defeat Riddle and hi
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“I deny nothing. I simply questio
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10. Holiday at Grimmauld Place The
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the three boys seriously, one by on
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“Practicing!” Zane called, duck
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here.” “Maybe you’re right. E
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it down, down, down. OK. So the wei
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hats. The huge concourse echoed wit
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“I didn’t understand about ever
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“You both know I can’t do magic
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11. the Three Relics After the init
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Once, an old man with a large heari
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“It’s a Conjure-Pot,” he expl
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“How are Charlie and Claire and t
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wands, you know. Long sticks, often
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“Yeah,” James agreed doubtfully
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world somehow. He’d been the grea
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something called ‘the Lady of the
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James considered it. “Sure, I gue
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“It costs more than that,” Ted
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“He doesn’t know, and I want to
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12. Visum-Ineptio The first hurdle
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“Yeah! I’ve got to tell you, it
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James shushed him. “It doesn’t
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“Excuse be,” he said in a stran
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“What’re we going to do?” Zan
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“Here,” Ralph said, crossing th
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James approached the case and tried
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hit the rocky ground. Then even tha
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He came back, yes. I saw him, and I
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and Ralph had headed back to their
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“I know,” James said, undeterre
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“You have to say a special phrase
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wasn’t right yet, but it would be
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The Gryffindor team took to the pit
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Ralph took a deep breath. “You to
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said. Ralph looked dour. Zane put h
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Zane pushed his empty coffee cup aw
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Ralph was clearly horrified by the
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“Excellent,” Zane said, giving
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“We aren’t here to grab it now,
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“Oh, no, master! Wait!” Figgle
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James watched, horrified, as Tabith
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The head elf grinned at his fellows
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Ralph suddenly dropped to one knee,
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“I don’t see why all three of u
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got the book.” “It wasn’t muc
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Snape nodded, the sneer creeping ba
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Snape watched as James consulted th
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15. the Muggle Spy Martin J. Presco
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“I’m huddled outside the castle
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As Martin proceeded, the perimeter
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Prescott. I work for a news program
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“As I said,” Martin replied, se
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came down right next to me, shaking
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“No! As far as I know, he never u
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suddenly as it had appeared, as if
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The face vanished from the fire. Th
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Neville nodded. “Come along, Jame
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James grimaced. “To tell you the
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Ted stirred. “Look here, all of y
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them, too. I’ve got Ralph and Zan
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you know, work it out like your dad
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down.” “We’re almost there al
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James reached out and grabbed the b
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dazed Sabrina, heard it as well. Be
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toward the pitch. “People think t
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17. Night of the Returning To her c
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His backpack had slipped sideways w
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“It was Ted’s idea,” Ralph sa
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James nodded, and then turned and r
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emerged at the perimeter of the lak
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“I was savoring de moment, Theodo
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Jackson had turned when Zane came f
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She turned then, and very carefully
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The noise of Merlin’s return reso
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18. the Tower Assembly Dawn was a f
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Prechka was gone. James wasn’t su
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indeed snoring loudly next to the s
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James turned as Zane lowered the tr
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was, in my own time, a capricious a
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have described for me. This is no l
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Harry laughed humorlessly. “It wa
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professors shall kindly lead you to
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James walked purposefully into the
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19. Secrets Unveiled Harry joined J
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Hagrid nodded, and then flopped his
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“I am Merlin, James Potter,” th
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“This is--,” Sacarhina replied,
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“I hope you don’t mind, everybo
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“No, no, of course not. We apprec
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Hubert turned slowly to face Tabith
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“Mr. Prescott!” Hubert yelled o
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20. Tale of the Traitor “But I sa
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“Nice to have friends in high pla
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thing?” Ralph’s face was frozen
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left the wizarding world before I w
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Merlin approached Ralph. James was
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“Ron Weasley’s in the fireplace
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“She did?” James hooted. “She
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McGonagall were good. But James kne
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Someone tapped James on the shoulde
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James stared at the small, unattrac
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James stared into the banked coals
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As he joined the throng exiting the
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If you liked James Potter and the H
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One Clete was out in east field whe
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Clete spread out his arms on either
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had declined somewhat hastily. Didn
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Clete credited her for not dropping
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dressed in front of his closet mirr
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another load. As he turned and walk
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