When the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always …

Garth Nix
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When the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest lake to ward the dead and have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end. ✨ Garth Nix (2014). Lirael, p.211, Hot Key Books
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