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How could they not know Eskin when they purported to be traders? Eskin was the speech of the peoples to the south. True, the Alsime-speaking Himen shared a fringing of land across the sea, but the Himen didn’t trade on the scale of the Eskin. Hegrea had no time to think on it; the man who’d greeted them and not understood them, now returned.
64 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Purport
Another short excerpt from my work in progress, The Hare and Adder
crispina kemp 
An intriguing excerpt!
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Thank you. Hope to publish next summer (2023)
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Looking forward Crispina
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You won’t miss it. I shall flash it all over my blog!!! 🙂
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Cool.
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🙂
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Ooohh… interesting excerpt!
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Watch the space. Publishing summer 2023
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Crikey… I’ve six books staring at me, telling me to get on them!
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Roots of Rookeri releases on 15th April 2022!
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Day before my birthday!
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Happy birthday, 16th April!!!
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Nope. The day before! 14th…
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Happy 14th. I had everyone’s birthday written somewhere and somehow I’ve lost it
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No worries. Not all that important.
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I wonder where I put all those dates? Casualty of the move, i expect
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I suspect you may be correct.
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I was far too keen on trashing things
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I understand.
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Love the teaser ☺️
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Thank you. I wasn’t thinking of it as a teaser, but yes, I guess it is
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