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Guide

Once, a woman sent her husband an arrow.
It served as a prayer he might return safely from war
after felling many an enemy to great acclaim.

The prayer worked, and the woman's husband returned
home having accomplished great things. Indeed,
the arrow she sent him was the selfsame one which
pierced the enemy general's skull.

Word spread, and soon people swarmed the woman,
asking her to imbue their arrows with prayers.
They were used for decoration, as well as to banish evil
and bring good fortune to the owner.

But then an age came where machines ruled over humans.
Though arrows held no value as weapons,
the government claimed them as such, and burned all who
owned one alive along with their homes.