put say We will now sing 'The Eternal Sacrifice', a song of Peri'el's choice by Lethargy Silkyfingers.
put chorus Lone,;brave,;wounded,;bound.
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put chorus Eternity beneath the ground.;Fettered in the fetid gloom,;to Elanthia's somnolent Doom.
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put chorus When world was young and Thirteen's pride,;to better it, Immortals vied.;Tamsine wept to see the place;where mortal hearth and home would grace,;and Phelim took Her crystal tears;to light the night and banish fears.
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put chorus Then Kertigen, with craft and might,;forged four moons to bless the night.;'Twas not His fault He wrought so well,;that within Grazhir's iron shell;was formed a Wyrm, first of Its kind,;born of flame and fertile mind.
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put chorus The Dragon's birth burst moon asunder,;drowning world in sudden thunder!;Conceived at forge's fiery core,;the frigid night was grievous sore!
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put chorus In pain, in rage, with power fierce-;as Grazhir's shards Elanthia pierced-;Creation's end the Dragon sought,;and to prevent it, Immortals fought.
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put chorus In merciless flame, the world was bathed,;and even gods were not unscathed.;Peri'el, in sacrifice,;was not afraid to pay the price,
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put chorus for though She could not ever die,;She suffered withered leg and eye!;And, wounded, the Wyrm sped in flight,;hurt'ling through the war-torn night.
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put chorus Its frenzied plunging dive It bore;into Elanthia's molten core,;where lava's passionate caress,;succored Wyrm's battle-distress.
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put chorus And Peri'el, so fierce in war,;ne'er faltered, pain ignored,;demanding gruff Truffenyi's aid;to Dragon's side, Her passage made.
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put chorus And there, by lava's crimson glow,;She watched Immortals' greatest foe-;restless as Its wounds were healed,;like molten metal, fresh-annealed.
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put chorus And though despair rose in Her soul,;Her mind was focused on the goal:;If Gods' extremest force had failed,;could any action yet prevail?
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put chorus She watched, absorbed, as It lay curled,;bathed in heart's blood of the world,;when image kindled in her mind-;a mother's actions, loving, kind,
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put chorus To bring solace to restless child-;and hope, unhoped for, bursting wild!;Then intuition guided choice,;and Peri'el raised up Her voice...
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put chorus '   I gladly sing a charm of fire,;    of flames that soothe, not burn with ire,;    and lift the spirit ever higher,;    like majestic, climbing spire,;    or raging whirlwind's frantic gyre,;    which never seems to wane or tire.'
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put chorus '   I challenge none with threat so dire-;    instead, bring all to dream's desire,;    where lilting tones might dare inspire;    a sky of blue, like pure sapphire,;    through which to speed, a fearless flier;    with the wind your helpful squire.'
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put chorus '   For in mind's fierce and tangled briar,;    can be found the World entire.;    So when, to slumber, we retire,;    (amidst the sounds of gentle choir);    we find us free of all quagmire,;    enthralled in dreams, true joy's supplier...'
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put chorus As ebbed Elanthia's wounded screams,;Phelim ranged the land of dreams;and saw the Dragon nestled small,;in slumber twined into a ball,
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put chorus and at the edge of wakefulness,;Peri'el (with song's caress);bidding It to stay asleep;in comfort in the molten deep.
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put chorus Realizing It could not be slain,;Phelim saw the answer plain:;He filled a sack with sleeping sands;and laid it in Peri'el's hands.
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put chorus His hopeful look was clear to ask;if She'd accept the painful task:;to spin out poem, and song, and tale;'til time itself began to fail.
put chorus And to this day, the Goddess sings;of sleep, and quiet, peaceful things.;Fettered in the fetid gloom;to our world's somnolent Doom.;Eternity beneath the ground ...
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put chorus Bound.;Wounded.;Brave.;Alone.
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put act's group chants in a sonorous whisper, "All praise Peri'el"