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When the dead do walk seek water's run,for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest laketo ward the dead and have and make.If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.
When the dead do walk seek water's run,for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest laketo ward the dead and have and make.If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.
Approximate author period: c. 1991 AD · modern
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- Garth Nix
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- Approximate author period: c. 1991 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Garth Nix: documented activity in 1991. Wikidata Q536913, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536913 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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