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also this one, I think it's interesting. could be a hint of where the story will take us, could be nothing at all:
Some of them quivered. Others shook themselves wildly as if trying to free their coats of water. A few of them erupted into barks, but they were not as vicious or aggressive as the sounds they’d made before. They seemed like pained questions. Were they confused by what had just been done to them?
“They are immortal,” Saqnos finally said. “You have given the half elixir to these…dogs?”
“Yes, Master,” Burnham answered. “And it has made them quite hungry. And quite strong. They were fighting beasts before, trained to hunt and kill. Now they can do both with incredible strength.”
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“I have named them the hounds of Sisyphus.”
Monstrous, Bektaten thought. But she felt a strange flutter of anticipation in her own human chest as she watched this scene through Bastet’s unfailing eyes. What was this feeling? Was it hope?