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Warpy

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1. I can't do wlls o text. Any guesstimeate on the age of this stuff?
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:26 PM
Nov 6

Likely these were protection racket cites, as in "nice caravan, be a shame if it got attacked. We'll guard you on our stretch of a road for a small fee per pack animal, you'll never miss it!" Cities in the mountains would have been defensible had the caravan leaders gotten disgusted and provided their own armed escorts.

I have a feeling that the deeper they dig, the more they'll find.

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