In the style of Archons March On, have 7xD20 Cats. Use them as oracles, antagonists, employers, tenuous companions, reluctant allies, but never pets
(d20) Cat's Form...
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is huge, coiled, powerful
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2
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is small, slinking, slippery
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3
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is lanky, muscle stretched thin over bone
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4
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is comfortable, fat and contented
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5
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is scarred, battered, vicious
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6
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is tiny, teacup-fragile
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7
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is stretched, long and slow
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8
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is stout, businesslike, hurried
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9
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is skeletal, jittery, shaking
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10
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is dainty, luxurious, unhurried
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11
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is awkward, bumbling, clumsy
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12
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is strong, controlled and dangerous
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13
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is restless, pacing and prowling
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14
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is wispy, scarcely there
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15
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is contorted, broken and bent
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16
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is short, belly sweeping the ground
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17
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is spindly, legs stretched and thin
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18
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is slender, trim, well maintained
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19
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is lean, rangy and quick
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20
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is captivating: smooth, fluid motions
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(d20) This Cat's Coat
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is glossy, slick and iridescent as oil, hair clinging to your palm like a stain.
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2
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is tawny gold, warm to the touch, dried flowers tangled in its curls.
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3
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is stone grey, ripples when it moves. Sometimes, as it stretches, a glimpse of gold buried beneath dull fur.
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4
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is parchment brown, papery and dry, rustles when it moves.
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5
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is the color of wet sand, patterns racing across its flanks in the secret language of rain
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6
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is jet black and flowing, a luxurious river of ink
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7
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is like snowfall, white, soft, airy, each strand of hair nearly crystalline in structure
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8
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is deep green, like moss at the base of a stone wall, damp and cool
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9
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is sunset purple, a slow unwinding cloud
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10
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is bright orange, bristling. Static electricity arcs out from a tiny apricot thunderhead
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11
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is pale as limestone, smells of the sea
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12
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is ivory and black, arranged in a perfect tuxedo, not a hair breaking rank
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13
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is calico, the pattern architectural, forming the floor plan of somewhere you haven’t been invited
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14
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is tortoiseshell, light and dark bisected almost perfectly but for a few dapples forming unrecorded constellations
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15
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is a pale blue, the color of clouds stretched thin across a wide, bright sky
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16
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is tabby, the amber stripes appearing somehow closer than the black ones, which yawn inward
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17
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is smooth, hairless, dry. Calls to mind old leather, binding books made for the dead to read
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18
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is white-pink, shines in the dark, glowing pearl
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19
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is dark brown, the color of tea steeped too long, leaves soaking in unread omens
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20
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is deep blue, flecks of white drifting in it, small stars lost in the enormity of the sky
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This Cat's Eyes...
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are hard and old and grey, flint arrowheads
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2
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are soft, honey colored and sweet
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3
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are wary, emerald-fevered and crazed
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4
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are charming, little laughing stars
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5
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are wide: the pupils wax and wane with the moon, going from inky fullness to vanishing completely
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6
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are bright, diamond pinpricks
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7
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are burning, vermilion suns
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8
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are bright, awful blue
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9
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are hungry, yellow and deep, its gaze a swallowing mouth
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10
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are uncanny, always meet your own, an unceasing grey judgement
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11
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are amber, smooth and golden, pupils like trapped insects
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12
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are silvery coins, pupils like the stamped heads of dead kings
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13
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are mirrored, somehow only catching reflections of your own eyes, wide and wondering
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14
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are green and staring, a viridian wave crest perpetually about to break
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15
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are sleeping, stare through you to gaze at dreams
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16
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are laughing, alive with some joke you just missed
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17
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are half open, light between lids like a trapped pearl
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18
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are knowing, already tired of your question they know is coming
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19
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are secretive, insinuating you in a conspiracy without telling you what it is
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20
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are patient, waiting for you to realize something, unwilling to give you a hint
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1
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is fearsome, a crooked, fanged gap
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2
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is friendly, as if it knows you, has been through a lot with you, is glad you are safe
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3
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is subtle, hard to catch. One instant it looks like a dumb animal, the next, like it’s laughing at you for thinking that
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4
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is bloody, mouth stained a drying crimson, daring you to ask what it ate
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5
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is hidden beneath thick, hoary whiskers
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6
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is fixed, as if it has been smiling so long that it’s afraid not to smile
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7
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is manic, contagious. You start to find its smile on the mouths of others, to feel your own mouth twitch to emulate it
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8
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is flighty, quick to vanish as you break rules you didn’t know existed
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9
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is cheerful, bright and honest as sunshine
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10
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is full, like it’s hiding something in its mouth
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11
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is your mother's smile, something about it, a trick of the light or a certain wrinkle of the mouth
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12
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is greedy, hard to take your eyes off of, demands your attention
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13
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is slow to arrive, yet always seems on the brink of appearing
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14
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is wry, personable, directed at you, not at anyone else
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15
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is menacing, a display of needle-sharp fangs
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16
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is showman-like, a practiced grin, welcoming and predatory
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17
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is sad, soft, knowing: “you poor thing”
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18
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is regal, lofty, the smile of one who knows they deserve your adoration and will receive it
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19
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is comfortable, self contented, uninterested in your woes
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20
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is dismissive, bored, waiting for someone more interesting to present themselves
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1
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are hidden, practiced, and patient
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2
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are shining, glint light off their points
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3
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are long, saber-rattle against the ground
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4
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are crooked, chipped, broken
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5
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are mossy, earth caught in their curves
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6
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are clever, able to pick a lock or flick a latch
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7
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are kind, can cut your skin to let your hurts and maladies flow out
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8
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are courteous, used only as a formality
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9
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are capable, workmanlike, catch rats and roaches
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10
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are invisible, their presence only made known through prickling pain
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11
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are well traveled, worn with use
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12
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are grasping, hooked and clutching
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13
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are sinister, carry poison in their points
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14
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are subtle, hard to follow. They dip into dreams, scoop out thoughts like fish
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15
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are lethal, well trained at snatching breath
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16
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are hard and bright, draw sparks when scratched against the earth
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17
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are cryptic, have drawn secret signs and hunted spirits
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18
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are crystalline, like tiny points of diamond
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19
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are beautiful, hypnotizing, countless patterns caught in their sheen
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20
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are quick, sliding out of paws the moment your back is turned
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(d20) This Cat Knows...
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your name, and the names of all who have wronged you
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2
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the regrets of the dead and the damned
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3
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where the devil lives on earth
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4
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the doors and stairs that take you to the city behind the city
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5
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where the gears and pulleys that work the props and backdrops of reality are hidden
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6
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a spell unknown to all others
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7
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the way into and out of every house in the city
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8
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where the rarest fish are caught
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9
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where the king of mice holds court
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10
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how to hide from the moon
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11
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the old name of the sun
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12
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how to catch and kill stars
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13
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the names of all bastard children
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14
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how this night will end
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15
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the names of your unborn children, and their father or mother
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16
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the wealth of every being it has laid eyes on
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17
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what the birds are planning
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18
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how to win the heart of any being that can love
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19
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trade routes to any land on earth
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20
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how you will die
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1
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to be warm and fed
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2
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to luxuriate on rare silks and furs
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3
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to learn secrets
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4
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to eat things it has never tasted
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5
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to be worshiped as a god
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6
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to scar others, leave its mark in flesh
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7
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to kill vermin, eradicate the creeping kingdoms of dust
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8
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to breathe the breath of the newborn and the dying
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9
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to have books read to it
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10
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to have odes written in its praise
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11
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to have lives taken in its name
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12
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to accompany you. It will not say why
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13
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to topple structures of power, leaving chaos
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14
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to live as men live
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15
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to hunt in untouched places
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16
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to meet and mingle with heroes and nobles
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17
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to kill a specific person
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18
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to meet its true love
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19
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to travel to places unheard of
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20
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to be perfumed with rare herbs and oils
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