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I am a practitioner of ancient magic. Some would say it’s old hat. These people have lost their sense of wonder. This is why they disappear. There is nothing in my hands. My hands are clean. Goodnight.
\n\ufffc\u2013 A wicked good magician\ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a practitioner of ancient magic. Some would say it’s old hat. These people have lost their sense of wonder. This is why they disappear. There is nothing in my hands. My hands are clean. Goodnight. \ufffc\u2013 A wicked good magician\ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[188,127,121,147,167,158,64],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-fable","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-humor","tag-humour","tag-magic","tag-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-yI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":723,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/cursed-objects-and-the-purchase-thereof\/","url_meta":{"origin":2152,"position":0},"title":"Cursed objects and the purchase thereof","author":"David Raffin","date":"June 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Not every item at The Old Curiosity Shop is cursed. 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