(You can find Nirel and the sisters in the Amaranthine saga. This story takes place in 1967.)

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"Whereat with blade,

some demon shudders,

hiding under smoky glass

the colors run like virgin teardrops"

Though Nirel tuned it out, the rest of the poem was in the same vein. Maybe it was because he wasn't as high as the others, or maybe it really was utter tosh, but he just didn't care. When the girl finished, everyone else ...