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funeral. But when they returned to bear the body off, it was nowhere to be found. Where he had lain, a new flower 80 bloomed, its golden petals fringed with white, its head dipping down towards the water. An intoxicating perfume wafted from it, and to this day its essence numbs the body and the mind.
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