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"No, but stories of monstrous beasts that dwell in rivers and lakes and ponds, and will take a child or a grown man down to the depths, or for a ride that will last his life and beyond." He shrugged, a faint smirk on his mouth. "Of flaming horses that pull the sun across the sky, and great dogs that guard the dead. If you come from a place where men catch and ride such creatures, it would not be beyond belief to my people."