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niyad

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16. "reached for a 14th century weapon. ." my heart almost stopped. Surely

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:33 AM

16 hrs ago

not??? And, even reading the rest of that sentence, with the blatant threat of the Avignon Papacy, did not quell my dread. Simply because these people are so insane, so bloated on their sense of superiority that I could see one of them actually threatening someone with a weapon.

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