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For the next few hours, Jordan and I sat with Alex and the council as they searched every scroll in the room to find some evidence of a way out. They all looked exhausted, but their faces showed resilience and an eagerness to figure it out. “Has anyone found anything so far?” Alex asked after some time They all looked up at him and shook their heads collectively. “When did your people begin to die?” Jordan asked There was a hush in the room and I got the feeling she had touched on a sore topic. “Maybe two hundred years ago,” Alex said, “our mother got sick, we didn’t understand what was happening and we couldn’t help her.” “No-one had been sick ever,” Dalli the beautiful blonde-haired woman continued, “we tried everything we could, and she never recovered.” “How do you know she’s
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