"It started that way. And then it was hunting them down, anyone with our clan name, any way they could. Bounty hunters, raids, cutting deals with others to turn them in."
Her voice grows deeper with those last words, almost something of a growl beneath them. It's the only time her voice changes.
"And for the ones who could flee, it wasn't easy to survive alone in the desert. They built secret ways to travel to cities and towns to get supplies, but even then, it was any easy way to get picked off. And then some tried to hide their names, or encouraged their children not to choose it as their clan name."
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Her voice grows deeper with those last words, almost something of a growl beneath them. It's the only time her voice changes.
"And for the ones who could flee, it wasn't easy to survive alone in the desert. They built secret ways to travel to cities and towns to get supplies, but even then, it was any easy way to get picked off. And then some tried to hide their names, or encouraged their children not to choose it as their clan name."