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Stay still, not even a slightest sonance. Ready your arms, fingers apart. Fidget, but stay still. Hush, listen to the leaves rustling. Hush, listen to the flapping cloth swaggering about. You wager a drink on the middle. He’s silent, steady, not even a faint jitteriness within. Stay still, stay steady. You pray. He leaves his soul [...]