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Avug's saga, chapter 1 · Stories from Väruld

• 0:02
  Presenter: You are listening to Stories from Väruld.
• 0:05
  Presenter: In this episode, Avug's Saga, Chapter 1.
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  Narrator: When Avug's shift ended, she got her bucket of water and went to find her mom.
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  Narrator: The sun was already up and she was late.
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  Narrator: She walked across the meadow, criss-crossing between other moms and their children, making ready for the daylight.
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  Narrator: Her mother was waiting for her.
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  Narrator: Avug sat down and they drank their water together in silence.
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  Narrator: When they were done, most groups around them had already gone to sleep.
• 0:39
  Narrator: Avug helped her mother to unroll the mattresses.
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  Narrator: She ripped off her clothes and lay down.
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  Narrator: She ought to be tired, but she was not.
• 0:49
  Narrator: The night had ended with her being punished for doing a bad job.
• 0:54
  Narrator: Again.
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  Narrator: Her butt hurt, and she could not sleep.
• 0:59
  Narrator: She turned her head and watched her mother laying beside her, drinking sunlight.
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  Avug: Mom, are you awake?
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  Avug: Hmm, maybe.
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  Avug: Why is your skin darker than mine?
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  Narrator: A silence followed, and Avug wondered if she had upset her mum.
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  Blanda: If you take green and put a little brown in it, it's still green, just darker.
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  Narrator: Avug frowned.
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  Avug: You said that Blomster made us green.
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  Blanda: He did.
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  Avug: But then who put the brown in you?
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  Avug: Did another of the gods do that?
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  Blanda: In a way.
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  Blanda: Go to sleep now.
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  Skvalder: Your mum is dark green because her mum made a child with one of the damn brunies.
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  Narrator: A woman on her other side said, loud and clear,
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  Blanda: Mind your own business, Skvalder!
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  Narrator: Her mother hissed.
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  Avug: My mum is n't brown!
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  Narrator: Avug yelled.
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  Blanda: Hush, Avog.
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  Narrator: More people were awake now.
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  Skvalder: Everyone know you're a half-breed, Blanda.
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  Skvalder: Why not tell her the truth?
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  Skvalder: It's better if she knows what she is.
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  Blanda: Avog is a grön!
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  Narrator: Now it was her mother's turn to yell.
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  Blanda: Just look at her! Do you see anything of a broony in her?
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  Blanda: She is as green as any of Blomster's leaves.
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  Skvalder: It's more than the colour of your skin, Blanda.
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  Blanda: She doesn't eat! And her skin is green.
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  Blanda: If you want a gruin to fulfill more than that, you should take a look at yourself before you judge others.
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  Narrator: People around them started to complain and told them to shut up.
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  Narrator: Both her mom and the other woman did.
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  Narrator: Avug closed her eyes and wished she was tired.
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  Narrator: The sun shone through her eyelids, making her vision red inside her head.
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  Narrator: The other woman was right.
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  Narrator: She was not a true grön.
• 2:51
  Narrator: If she was, how come she did not do the job assigned to her as well as she could?
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  Narrator: Everyone else she knew did their tasks the best they could.
• 3:01
  Narrator: Maybe she was the only one not telling her mother everything, too.
• 3:06
  Narrator: And why could she not stay away from the mechanical table?
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