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"Open to them your hand to the shore, watch them walk into the sea.
Press upon them all they need, see them yearn from all they want.
Gift to them the calm pool of words, watch them draw the sword.
Bless upon them the satiation of peace, see them starve for war.
Grant them darkness and they will lust for light.
Deliver to them death and hear them beg for life.
Beget life and they will murder your kin.
Be as they are and they see you different.
Show wisdom and you are a fool.
The shore gives way to the sea.
And the sea, my friends,
Does not dream of you."

Shake Prayer

Opening for chapter 21 from Reaper’s Gale, by Steven Erikson

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