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Blood.
I could smell it in the air, like a sweet fragrance which drifted in with the wind. It tingled the tip of my tongue, and I felt life flourish in me just at the scent. I had rested for too long. The darkness called to me, and I felt it reaching out to me like the hand of a dear old friend. It welcomed me, and it embraced me as the long-lost partner that I was.
Life coursed through my veins for the first time in a long time, and I was finally able to feel the warmth I had so desperately craved for so long. I needed it, and it filled me with a hunger so intense that I didn’t even know what to do with myself.
I stumbled through the darkness, not even able to see with my enhanced vision. I cursed under my breath as I stumbled into a thick open root, and I nearly fell over. The
