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defend himself but his fingers clasped the hilt as if by their own will,
and the sharp blade cut the leopard from hinder legs to the throat. The
muscular twitching body knocked Solly off his feet, but he hurriedly
jumped up and lifted his hand against Rollo. But there was no need to
hurry.
Rollo was dead.
-- Have you here any place to hide yourself? -- asked Solly turning
to the girl.
She didn't say anything.
-- Yes, we have,-- the boy said instead of her. He thought a little
and added shyly: -- Thank you...
...Solly hid them in a barn. He brought there the body of their
father too: to prevent it to being taking away to the forest. Then he
covered them with hay. The father had to come back to life by the morning
just like any of the Ninefold-Living and in Solly's opinion he was quite
capable to take care of his own family.
After that he returned to the forest with his mates. Many of them
carried the bodies of the Ninefold-Living to continue their killing
tomorrow, but Solly marched without any burden. He carried with him only
the memory of the Constant girl with his mother's brown eyes... and the
dead body of Rollo lying on the floor...
They marched without glancing back.

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Translated from Russian by Alina Nemirova.