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Literature

Four-01: The One to Carry On

Botan wanted to scream. She wanted to rant about the unfair place the world, all worlds, had suddenly become. She would have liked to believe that it was her professionalism that kept her silent, that her set jaw in the face of her new assignment was a testament to her countless years spent as a Grim Reaper, a gentle guide to escort souls of the dead to their final rest. As much as she wanted to pretend that was the case, she knew that she was just lying to herself. The thing that forced her to swallow her rage and the bitter words forming on the tip of her tongue was fear. Few people held the courage and power to stand before King Ya