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Dabi adjusted his cloak, feeling the weight of the new responsibility he had taken on.
"Alright," he said with a firm nod, his voice steady. "Let's get moving.
We need to leave this place and find somewhere safe for you to rest and recover."
As they began to make their way out of the crumbling ruins, Dabi felt the bond pulsating faintly within him, a constant reminder of the pact he had made.
The ancient, desolate halls seemed to watch them depart, as if aware that their last inhabitant was finally leaving after centuries of solitude.
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The world outside the ruins was stark and unyielding. Shadows cast long, dark shapes across the barren landscape.
As they walked, Liora's gaze took in her surroundings with a sense of awe and melancholy. Everything had changed.
The land she once knew was gone, replaced by a strange, unfamiliar world.
