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  Dogamy: "No. 2 Nuzzle Champs '98!!...H-hey, this weird smell. It doesn't feel...human."

  Dogaressa: "You're right, it's...different."

  ???: "As two become one, as two become one, as two become one"

  Dogamy: "W-why are they saying that?"

  Dogaressa: "I don't know, but it's making my hair’s stand straight. And I just got them done by the Barber! The audacity of this-"

  Dogamy: "L-let's run."

  Dogaressa: "Don't be ridiculous! We're Royal Guards, we can't just-"

  Dogamy: "No, you don't get it Dogaressa. This smell, it's-"

  Dogaressa: "D-Dogamy, w-where did your head go? C-come on, a head can't just vanish. It ca-"

  A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

  *Dogaressa's eyes look past the still-standing but headless Dogamy. She stares us down, teeth clenching tight as we toss Dogamy's head to her feet.

  Dogaressa: "You, YOU DEMON! I'LL KILL YOU!"

  *The ground shakes as Dogaressa takes her first and final step forward. Her arms bulge and her back moves with the blow. The axe itself is nothing more than a blur, a weapon with no true shape, only a purpose. Our death.

  *The issue is, the fact I could narrate all of this proves that she was still too slow.

  Dogaressa: "U-uuhk."

  Dogaressa: 'M-my gut, this demon punched right through it...when...how...?'

  *Dogaressa falls to her knees.

  Dogaressa: 'Oh...I see...so this is the smell...'

  *Dogaressa turns to dust.

  Dogaressa: 'Of....bloodlust.......'

  *We won.

  *We earned 60 XP and 50 Gold.

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