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Episode 17: The Boy Who Could Not Die

Old Gods of Appalachia

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Cowboy, Honey, Are You Ok?

The boy, cowboy, marcy knew that was not the name his actual mamma had given him. But cowboy would do for now. Sat next to her, carefully peeling a bunch of sweettaters as marcy had instructed him. The boy was pale and very quiet, too, quiet, more quiet than mere shyness could account for. And in some ways, it seemed as though his physical being barely took up any space in the room at all. His presence held a weight, a gravity that marcy could feel in her bones, something that commanded her attention. It warranted investigating, no doubt about that.

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