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- You open your eyes, and you
- find that you are lying on a beach.
- You cannot remember how you came
- to be here. The fine white sand
- under you gleams brightly, merging
- into dunes as you look inland. You
- look over your shoulder toward the
- murmuring sea; it appears black and
- cold, and small points of light sparkle
- within it as though it reflects a
- starry sky.
- ...Except that the sky is
- a cloudless, empty black, with only
- the moon to give light. The stars
- seem to be under the water.
- "Welcome," the voice says
- again. You turn to see a pale, dark-
- haired being with deep purple velvet
- robes, holding a brilliant point of light
- in her fingers. "I am the Starherd.
- Who are you?"
- You look around again. "I... I
- think I'm lost..."
- "Very well, Lost," the Starherd
- smiles. "You might want to head in-
- land. There's a Signpost up ahead..."
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