What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 10

**XXXIV** **Green Is Not a Creative Color** He was getting tired of them asking. He had a convincing lie. They needed to leave him alone and stop asking questions. All that mattered was that he was still alive and not like his friend. But they kept...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 12

**XXXVI** **Gotcha** The dark brown hare crouched down in the filth, letting his footpaws sink into the muddy terrain. He listened to the bog as it bubbled quietly, releasing more swamp gas into the air. Lakler set his lantern on the ground and...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 11

**XXXV** **Always** "I can, I can!" "Bullshit. You can't even play yer nose right," said the hare. The other hare sighed. "Why the bloody hell would I wanna play my nose?" "'Cos it's the only damn thing you can play." Tike Bonson...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 8

**XXXII** **All Together Now** One last play. Lizards wouldn't help him. Pirates wouldn't help him. The goodbeasts of the forest definitely wouldn't go near him once they figured out who he was. So that only left the Guosim. He ran across the...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 14

**XXXVIII** **The Era of Change** The ferret sighed as he held the thin stick over the makeshift flame and waited. He moved the stick back and forth slowly, heating it up with the fire. Then the ferret waited for a moment and held the stick firmly...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 13

**XXXVII** **Slow Down** He finally had a chance to sleep. His mind was absent of nightmares and hallucinations of his little brother. There weren't any frightening images of those satanic lizards sodomizing or devouring innocent beasts either. For...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 5

**XXIX** **End the Game** It was necessary. That's what his commander told him. They had to exterminate all their enemies, regardless of how defenseless they were. The stoat was leaning against the tree, breathing shakily as he looked at what he...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 7

**XXXI** **Daddy's Love** **A/N: The following chapter does have very brief underage content included in it. Nothing exactly happens on-screen, but it's enough for someone to easily connect the dots and figure out what's happening. Just felt like...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 6

**XXX** **Leave Nobeast Behind** The rat snickered as he waved the humongous block of cheese in front of the other rodent's face. The smaller, weaker rat whined noisily as he reached up and tried to grab it. "Give it!" The bigger rat...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 4

**XXVIII** **No Voice** It was better if he stayed on the ground. Soon enough, everybeast would get bored of kicking him. The chubby rat coughed up blood before he let out a shaky breath, still whimpering. It worked all those times before. Surely...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 3

**XXVII** **Pals** "OW! That 'tween my ears, Hon!" The young leveret snickered as he raised his wooden sword and started to chase after the other leveret. "Say ee, Tikee! I'm better sword-holdee'n you!" "Never!" The other hare turned and...

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What Lies Beyond the Walls, Book II: Chapter 2

**XXVI** **Lizard Breath** The young beast was whimpering, staring at the fallen creature with teary eyes. He didn't know what happened or why. He covered his ears and shut his eyes, but he still heard. There were other, older beasts around him. He...

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