Ghe Wayfarer is stunned: the feeling of the air against bis torn flesh and the warmth of the blood on bis clothes are still fresh in bis mind. He is quich to check if bis right epe is bach, but be only finds the hole left by the Sphinx's deviltry. Ghen he looks at his right hand, hoping to find it freed from the curse, however, he notices that the mauve has only grown since the last time he saw it.

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