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Imagine a land where people are afraid of dragons. It is a reasonable fear: dragons possess a number of qualities that make being afraid of them a very commendable response. Things like their terrible size, their ability to spout fire, or to crack boulders into splinters with their massive talons. In fact, the only terrifying quality that dragons do not possess is that of existence. Now, the people of this land know about dragons because their leaders have warned them about them. They tell stories about cruel dragons with razor teeth and fiery breath. They recount legends of dragons hunting by night on silent wings. In short, the leaders make sure that the people believe in all the qualities of dragons, including that key quality of existence. And then they control the people — when they need to — with their fear of dragons. The people pay a dragon-slaying tax … everyone stays indoors after dark to avoid being snatched by swooping claws … and nobody ever strays out of bounds for fear of being eaten well and tru
David Whiteland Book of Pages control dragons existence faith ignorance

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Unscramble DAVID5-letter words that start with D5-letter words that end in D5-letter words containing AV5-letter words containing ID5-letter words with D and A
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
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AND STILL ___
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