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Submitted to Contest #96
You would be surprised how kind the humans can be. If all you do is listen to words, you would think their entire kind was on the brink of civil war. Yet, for ten thousand winters, ten thousand springs, ten thousand summers and ten thousand autumns, I have lived on their blood without ever taking without permission. Normally I would only need to feed once a decade or so, as blood is shockingly nourishing, but given I am a mere beggar, it would be incredibly rude to take all of one's blood. I feed once a year or so, usually the hardest time o...
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