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THE YEAR WAS 500 AD, AND MY TRIBE LIVED IN THATCH HUTS DEEP WITHIN THE RAINFOREST. WE WERE PROTECTED BY A RING OF ELDER TREES ENCIRCLING OUR VILLAGE. THE MAGIC OF THE TREES STAYED THE EVIL OF THE FOREST FROM OUR PEOPLE, OR SO WE WERE TOLD BY THE MAGI WHO RULED OVER US. ONE YEAR OUR FOOD RAN SCARCE AND IT WAS AGREED THAT ONE OF THE TRIBE MUST GO BEYOND THE ELDER TREES, INTO THE FOREST, TO HUNT. THE MAGI WANTED TO PUT IT UP TO A VOTE, BUT I SAW HIM FOR THE FALSE FACE THAT HE WAS. THERE WAS NOTHING BEYOND THOSE TREES. I VOLUNTEERED AND LEFT THE NEXT MORNING AFTER A GREAT CELEBRATION OF MY BRAVERY. A THICK FOG HAD BUILT UP IN THE FORBIDDEN WORLD AROUND WHAT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS CALLED THE "HIMMADYN" WHICH IN YOUR WORDS MEANS SOMETHING CLOSER TO "COCOON". I HATCHED FROM MY COCOON THAT DAY, WITH FANTASIES IN MY HEAD OF TRUDGING BACK TO MY PEOPLE WITH EIGHT FAT DEER UNDER EACH ARM, ARROW QUILLS JUTTING STILL FROM THEIR HEARTS. WE WOULD FEAST UPON VENISON THAT NIGHT, SALT THE REST, AND SAVE THE BONES FOR MORE LONG TERM USE. I WOULD GIVE THEM HALF A YEAR OF LIFE, AND WHEN THE TIME CAME I WOULD VENTURE OUT ONCE MORE. I WOULD TELL THEM I AM PROTECTED WHERE ALL OTHERS ARE FORBIDDEN, OR AT LEAST THE ONES TOO AFRAID TO FIND OUT. THEY ALL THOUGHT I WAS MAD TO LEAVE THE PROTECTION OF THE "ELDER TREES" BUT SOON
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