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The episode features a reading from a draft of The Thirteenth Hour sequel, focusing on the lives of Logan and Aurora.

This week, I'm reading from a draft of The Thirteenth Hour sequel that gets at the life that Logan and Aurora have created for themselves. This section is told from Aurora's perceptive: Satisfied that I had the gear I needed, I said goodbye to Logan and walked away from our house towards the ocean. Whereas Logan preferred hunting in the forest, I liked hunting in the grassy plain overlooking the tall cliff leading down to the ocean below. There was a stream, fed by melting snow from the purple mountains, that flowed through the grassy fields, off the cliff and down to the ocean far below. I loved walking along it, gazing out at the horizon into the cool blue waters. I’ll admit, it wasn’t always the prospect of catching dinner that motivated me to hunt there. It was partly the view and partly the occasional glimpse of the island’s wild horses that would rumble across the plain, kicking up a small cloud of dirt as they galloped through the grasslands. If you think anything like me, you might be wondering if we ever succeeded in riding the horses. The answer’s yes, though as with so many things, our ability to do so came from knowledge passed to us from the half elves. After that…

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