Very cool twist on the chain notes. Thanks for passing to me, Bryn Norel - Fantasy Author.

1/10: "The mud on the merchant's boots was older than the ruined bridge he now had to cross."

2/10: “With every step, the mud shook off like a protection spell fading away, as it was getting closer to him.”

3/10: “The little boy observed all of this while tucked away in his hiding place in the alley.”

4/10: His eyes narrowed, calculating the distance between them, idly rolling the walnut-sized glowing orb between his fingers.

My sentence:

5/10: A promise of war had been enough for him to take his first life, over a bushel of apples and a large cabbage; now that the boy had experienced more years of war than peace, he’d lost count of the lives he’d paid up for a chance to see another dawn.

JamesLuo, you’re constantly tagging me, so let’s pass this on to you to write the next sentence.

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