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With a cry from Su Mubai, I disappeared into a dark vortex. It was probably the only time I wasn't fooled, or even the only time I wasn't led by the nose, because I had chosen to believe in my mother. Anyone could deceive you, but my own mother would never deceive you. This has always been my heart's certainty. Clutching the four seals that throbbed like life in my hand