Jaran suffers the cost of martyrdom. Citlalli indulges their god complex. Vasanti aches alone. And Dewey makes a crucial decision.

"The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life.

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Content warnings for this episode: hallucinations, illusions, fantasy violence, blood, gore, manipulation, complex and complicated relationships, grief, trauma, death of loved ones, blood and bloodletting, kissing, and apocalypse.

Safety note: The U.R.L. party encounters a child in a dangerous situation, but the child themself is never endangered or threatened. The child is also NOT being manipulated magically, emotionally, or otherwise.

CREDITS:

Title - “When I Was A Poet” by Justin Phillip Reed

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