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"ref": "2008, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, volumes 47-48, page 93:",
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"ref": "2012, Steffan Becker, The Mysterious World of Eddy Shade, →ISBN, page 17:",
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"ref": "2017, Christina Clarry, The Great Wizard Wars, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:",
"text": "[…] her eyes locked on the zilant, she unscrewed the vial and waved it under the zilant';s nostrils. Its eyes glazed over and it bowed its head. Hecate had won the battle of wills by blocking the zilant's resistance. The other zilants would follow her […]",
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