Love of Two, Fate of Many Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Darkness. It was all Hinata saw around him. It enveloped him. Consumed him. Whispered to him. Voices. There were voices in the darkness. They whispered, and talked. They spoke in many different languages. They spoke of things...

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A Long Drive

"straying a bit far, aren't you, forty-two?" i turned. not a pace behind me stood sixty-five. he was well within range of restraining me. another two dogs stood behind him, ready.

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Inbreeding

The two story warehouse could have been anywhere, but it was where the dog's trail led. we arrived just in time to watch him walk in the front door.

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Jonathan

"i'm sorry, uh, forty-two.  you're just doing what you were brought into this world for."  he turned from me, gazing off into the empty horizon, "do you know what it's like to lose a son?"     

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A Private Breeder

"forty-two?" his voice wasn't even a whisper. i didn't say a word. i kept my eyes perfectly forward, staring into the middle distance. "forty-two. answer me."

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Looking in the Mirror

"get away from him, forty-seven!" the old dog shouted. my brother stepped forward and gave him a hug. for just a moment the two of them almost looked like forty-one and i.

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Brothers and Sisters

"it's been a long, long time since i've ever heard anyone refer to the commonwealth as an empire, forty-two." he paused, watching me. "but you've always been... you." he let out a long-suffering sigh.

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The Good Doctor

"not going to happen, forty-two," he said, falling back to my old name. "you two dogs are the geniuses here, remember. i'm just the trainer. we're in the real world now.

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A Good Old Copper

"good job, forty-two," he said, voice soft but strong. "you gave vincent a proper thwacking, and it seems you've managed to inherit his empire."

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Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Forty Two

Chapter forty two - in which revaramek acts heroic. revaramek the resplendent began as my first ever nanowrimo novel. it's a comic fantasy about a stubborn heroine recruiting the world's most egotistical dragon to save her village.

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The Kennel

"forty-two," he looked at me, cocking a finger, "get on."    examinations were a normal part of our lives here at the kennel. 

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