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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Closer to the tree, stupid, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, my father, he said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is all well?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, she said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bless you the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And we have loved each other, said the youngest brigand, his arm about her firm, round waist," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shall you buy a farm, a barge, a business?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever is decided, said the girl," }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am nineteen, said the youngest brigand; then, and he looked heavenward:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God help us to forget the years that have been wasted!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To think, he said to himself," }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But Willie wants his sleep as much as I do mine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My darling! My darling boy! My own poor darling!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Neela--?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "finished one of the hunters." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He heard you quarreling with Sleeza. We cannot catch him, now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Next time, Barkoo, let Sleeza bite you. While y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And it's too late to hunt further, he growled." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As it is, darkness will come before we reach the caves of Tharn. To return empty-handed besides-- One of his companions suddenly caught Barkoo by the arm." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at him run!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I might have known he would do something like this, he said, exasperated." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When I asked him to come with us he refused; the sun was too hot. Now he will laugh at us--taunt us as bad hunters." }, { "from": "human", "value": "S...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not much meat here, he said to Korgul." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A wise hunter would have picked a fatter one." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is true, he admitted soberly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was Sleeza, he snapped, then reddened at being trapped into a defense. He wheeled on the grinning Korgul." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Get a strong branch," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know--yet. The wind is wrong. But something is crawling toward us very slowly and with many pauses." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dartoog! he cried, his tone a blending of fear and horror and monstrous rage." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dartoog, my son! What has happened? Who has done this to you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Father!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who did this?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then, suddenly, many strange fighting-men sprang out from behind trees at the edge of the clearing. They were as many as leaves on a big tree. With loud war-cries they ran at us; and before we could get away they had thrown their spears. I tried to run; but a big warrior caught ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "While they were fighting I crawled to the trees. Then I got to my feet and ran this way as far as I could. I wanted to find you, father, that you might go and kill them all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go, father! Go, before they--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It--is--so--dark," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We took a spear from his back and carried him to his own cave, was the answer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not know if he still lives; he was not dead when we took him there." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take good care of him, Old One," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not need advice from you, he growled, his wrinkled fingers grinding the rock pestle savagely against the bowl's contents." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If he lives it will be because I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Which way, demanded Tharn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When they saw they could not gain the caves, they fell back. After they had disappeared among the trees, I followed for a time. Their path led into the south along the trail where we slew Pandor, the elephant,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going now," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Death cannot be understood, completely, by one who has never killed. A true warrior takes no life without knowing regret. Slay only when your life is in danger, or when someone has wronged you. Those who kill for the love of killing are beneath the beasts; for beasts kill only f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am Tharn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Dylara, she said at last, her voice low and soft, yet wonderfully clear." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My father is chief of the tribe that bears his name. The caves of Majok are there," }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are you taking me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To my caves and my tribe, Tharn replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You shall be my mate. Someday I shall be chief." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would sooner mate with Gubo, the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am hungry," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then we shall eat, he assured her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And it will be meat, too; I will show you that I am a great hunter." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How do you feel?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't.... What--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The next time, he said thickly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But--but Tharn? she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where is he? Did you--Is he--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you mean the man who was with you ... well, we intended only to stun him. There is need in Sephar for strong slaves. But the club t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you hungry?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good. We have delayed too long, as it is. Sephar is more than two suns away, and we are anxious to return." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ho!" }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Beyond those heights lies Sephar." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sephar?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Home! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is like nothing you have ever seen. We do not live in caves; we are beyond that. It is f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That, he said proudly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go away, Anela! she snapped, without looking up." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I told you to stay out until I sent for you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is I, said a deep voice," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Urim, your father." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, child, he said at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is time for the mid-day meal. And that brings out what I came to tell you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thought so! I can always tell when you've got some surprise for me. What is it th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My daughter, welcome the friends of my brother. This is Tamar; this, Javan; and Jotan--my daughter, Alurna." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My father and I are happy that you have come to Sephar, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Food shall be brought to refresh you after so long and tiring a journey." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, as I say, we repulsed them, losing only four of our party, while over forty of the cave people died. We were not able to take prisoners; they fought too stubbornly to be subdued alive." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have many slaves who once were such as you ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They are only brutes--animals! he said heatedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They know nothing of such splendor-- he waved an arm to include the room's rich furnishings" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Vulcar, greeted the king, without rising," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I come, replied the warrior," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bring her in to us, Urim commanded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should like our visitors to see f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By the God! he gasped." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you jesting? This is no half-wild savage!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps you would like to have her as your mate," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She would grace the life of any man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My friend loves to jest, he announced in a palpable attempt to break the sudden tension." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pay no attention to him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take her to the slave quarters, instructed Urim finally." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Later, I shall decide what is to be done with her." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jotan!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come, man, he laughed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, my king; no flower of _Ammad_ holds my heart." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "she cut in." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps so ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever possessed you, Jotan, to say such things where others could hear you? A noble of Ammad, raving about some half-clad barbarian girl! What must they think of you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It might be interesting," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What might?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To know what they think." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Even my bones are weary, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to bed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait, Jotan, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd like to talk to you, first." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right, Jotan said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm listening." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose the whole thing doesn't really amount to much. Tamar forced a laugh." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I think it was wrong for yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must not be afraid, she said softly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am your friend. They sent me here with food for you. See?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Nada--a slave." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am Dylara, Nada. Tell me, why is it you speak as do the cave people?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am of the cave people, replied the woman."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must be hungry. Come; sit here and eat." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How did they happen to get you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I knew a warrior once--one very much like the young man who took you from your father's caves. He was a mighty chief--and my mate. Many summers ago I was captured near our caves as I walked at the jungle's edge. A war party from a strange tribe had crept close to our caves durin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it, Nada? What is wrong?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I, she whispered," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was my son who was with you. Twelve summers before my capture I bore him; his father gave him his own name. And now he is dead. He is dead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will not cry any more, she said quietly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let u...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then I must spend the rest of my life as a slave?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes--unless some free man asks for you as a mate. And that may happen because you are very beautiful." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I do not want that, she declared." },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jotan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jotan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Uh?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you awake?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wasn't--until you woke me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I tell you, my hand was stepped on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What are you two talking about?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Javan claims someone has been walking on him, explained Jotan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Make a light; he'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There! Javan shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At the door! Didn't I tell--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am surprised--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get Vulcar at once, she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Someone is trying to get into the palace!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What, whispered Alurna," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Forgive me for disturbing you, princess, came a muffled reply," }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have seen nothing more of him. Go now, that I may sleep...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So--you are alive, after all! exclaimed the Sepharian." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have a hard head, my savage friend; I thought they had beaten it in for you, last night." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The arms of your men are weak, he said mock...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How did they happen to catch you?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was hunting for someone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You mean they found you _in_ Sephar?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "If, by Sephar, you mean the strange caves inside the high cliff--yes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But why did yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stop it, Tharn! he panted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let go! If he dies they will kill you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Seize that madman! he croaked at last;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wait, Vulcar, he pleaded." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do not have him whipped. The man is a barbarian; he believed you had attacked him, and acted so. Had he stopped to think, he w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps you are right, Katon, he admitted reluctantly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I shall not be so lenient if it happens again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was about to tell your wild friend, the captain continued," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is this the prowler you captured in the slave quarters?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is, O Urim." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why have you brought this man?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The prisoner has been troublesome, explained V...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Confine him to the pits, Vulcar, he commanded in dismissal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is to take part in the Games." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is this girl in your care, Nada?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She is, O Urim." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She understands nothing of our customs?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is true." }, { "from": "human", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at him! he growled under his breath." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There stands our friend--staring at a barbarian wench as though she were a nobleman's daughter! We've got to do something about this, Javan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She _is_...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He loves you, Dylara." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know.... Who is he, Nada? I'm certain he's never seen me before. Do men fall in love so quickly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "They have been known to, she observed drily." }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are the others?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In the arena, I suppose, Katon replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We must have exercise in the open air almost daily if we are to be in condition to put up a good fight during the Games." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Each succeeding day the victors of the day before are pitted against one another, until, on the last day, only one is left alive. That one, whether man or beast, is acclaimed as favorite of the God and is set free. Always, however, that one is an animal; never in Game history ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't you understand? he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The chance of either of us surviving the Games is so small that we may as well forget it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We are not dead yet. Much can happen before the Games begin. The ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I saw that this man, Urim, hates you, Katon. Is it because of him that you are here?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And then I met a girl--the daughter of a nobleman. She was very beautiful; and before long we were in love." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As it turned out, Katon continued," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Urim, himself, desired this girl and was planning to make her Sephar's queen. When he learned that she loved me, his anger was very great, and one night I was taken from my bed and put here." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Each passing day, however, brings the tension nearer a breaking point. Pryak is crafty and wise and very proud. Some day he will seek to overthrow Urim and put a more friendly ruler in his place. Even Pryak, himself, may take the throne. It would not be the first time in our his...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now, Tamer said bitingly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For her I would keep many kings waiting, he said in a low voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you are right, of course. Come." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are welcome, noble guests from Ammad! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I had hoped you would come here, this morning. Come closer; there are many here who have asked to meet you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quick, Anela, she murmured, grasping the girl's arm," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What now?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "When Urim has finished there, I shall make my request of him. Until then we may as well wait here." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait, Jotan! Tamar stepped in front of him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. I see how it is, now, and I'll help you all I can. But at least do this: Wait until you can speak to Urim alone. Tonight, after the evening meal, draw ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, Tamar, he agreed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will wait until then." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What were they saying, Anela?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The handsome one spoke of asking your father for someone--a woman. One of the others sought to change his mind, but he would not listen." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did he say when he intends asking for this woman?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tonight, she faltered," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anela!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Listen to me closely, Anela, commanded the princess, closing the door." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know Meltor?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why--yes. He is one of the guards stationed at the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Leave us, Anela, Alurna said softly ..." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sit down, Meltor." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Meltor, said the princess," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have kept a secret of yours for many moons--a secret that, were I to divulge it to a certain nobleman, would cost you your life. Am I right?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did the daughter of U...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall need help, he said at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have no right to enter the slave quarters." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I shall leave that up to you. You are known to the guards there; find one you can trust and enlist his aid. Pr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't want to sleep, Nada, she protested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's talk awhile. You promised to tell me about him--Jotan, I mean. I keep thinking about him--how he acted, staring at me the way he did." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jotan's home is in Ammad--about which I have already told you. His father is a nobleman there--one of the most powerful and influential men in that country. Jotan is well liked by all who know him; they say his followers would die in his service and count themselves honored." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Urim, said the guard gruffly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not understand. What does he want of her?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I forgot to ask him! retorted the guard sarcastically. He beckoned to Dylara." }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait! Nada cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am going with you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was not told to bring you, he snapped." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You stay here." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are to come with me, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am to take you to Urim." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I do not need to be held." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Slaves do as they are told, he reminded her coldly." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where are you taking me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To Urim," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where is he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You ask too many questions, he said roughly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now keep th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Meltor, said one, a tall, languid man of middle age," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is something else. If I may speak with you privately...." } ]