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“When did you learn about this portal of the blue moon?” Liz asked awkwardly.

Despite the situation, Cadence was tempted to chuckle at her mother’s phrasing. “Grandma told me about it last week. I had no idea that she was intending to use it. In fact, I didn’t even know that you could go through it that way.”

“What do you mean by ‘that way’?” Brandon a

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