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The world's edges had just the faintest blur to them, just enough to offset the sharp lines of reality and make her question where shadows began and ended. The golden light of the early morning was brilliant, but as any other time of day, there were patches of deep shadow here and there, parts where the sun had not yet touched. As it marched across the sky, these places would be kissed by the sun's light, of course, but as old shadows dried up, new ones pooled elsewhere. Even now they danced and pulsed in her vision, seeming to form and unform, parts of them curling away and back again. She shook her head as one congealed before her, grayer and more real than the rest.
It took her a moment to realize the shadow was a wolf, and the dark hybrid drew back in surprise, gasping a raspy sort of sound. Such sounds were rarely, if ever, uttered by Eris Eternity; Discordia was different, however, and even her voice differed: it rasped and whispered, wavering and utterly lacking in the confidence with which Eris spoke. Dear child, she said, that soft rasp. You startled me. Please, oh -- put your teeth away, child, I mean you no harm. The mud-smeared woman even whimpered, thinking it might accentuate her plea. As an actress, Eris allowed herself to slip completely into the role of this other, and in consuming her mushrooms, she was greatly aided. Sometimes, it felt as if Discordia herself was fully in control, though Eris floated easily to the surface when the need for control arose. Now, it felt as if Discordia wished to bury herself in Eris -- she was frightened by this monochrome wolf with her bright teeth. Eris coaxed the facade out again and took another step back, holding up both empty palms in a gesture of peace.
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