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A low rumble could be heard from the rubble, starting softly but quickly growing in intensity. Then, as quickly as it started, the rumbling stopped.
The demon wasn't as unprepared as the youngster had been, but still Kuaiji got a few good hits in before it could raise its defences. With his staff in both hands, Kuaiji struck again and again. The pile of rubble still stood where it was before and several never noticed the mage warrior emerge from it. Few could have
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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