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Alone So alone, even my demons shun me. Alone in the waking world. Alone in the dream realm of sleep. I have to pitch a tent, in a muddy ditch, to listen in on a conversation that I'm not a part of. On and on it goes. Feeling isolated and shunned. Rejected! Unneeded! Unwanted! Alone!

Chapter Seven * * * Nerthax nearly screamed with shock, but he instantly stifled the upwelling cry and reminded himself that enemy Giants might be lurking nearby, within earshot of his voice. The Voices returned with a vengeance! "You're not afraid of the big, bad Giants are you?", they taunted in raspy whispers and hisses. Nerthax ignored the taunts. The vision of his past, faded like a gray mist in the morning. That reminded Nerthax of the time. Also that he had no clue what time it was, as it was still pitch black in here as ever. For that matter, Nerthax wondered where he was. He concluded it wasn't a cave. The rectangular wooden timbe