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Kukud presents Birds of Empire Season 2, created by Jason Liu.

The Vale of All Souls

The People of the Water were known across the land for predicting their deaths,

sensing them approaching like a guest about to wrap upon the door,

asking for food, asking for shelter, asking for water, and a bit of your time, all of your time.

The ancient thinkers who first grappled with the great questions of being spoke softly

over the firelight. They dissected the matters of the spirit slowly.

They plunged into the pools of unknowing and raised back up gulping for air.

The shamans were well practiced at drawing their words into the fore of their mind's eye,

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