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"The spring isn't just water, Hoby. It's the headwater of everything. Three rivers, four aquifers, and every creek that feeds this valley. Tillman thinks he's buying the land. But the land was never his to buy. Or mine. Or yours." She turned back to him. "The spring belongs to the water itself. And the water remembers who tried to poison it."
Hoby went still. "Royce Tillman."
Tala reached into the folds of her blanket and pulled out a small bundle of yellowed envelopes, the ink faded but still legible. "They gave them to me the day I left. The matron thought they'd make me sad. She was right. But not the way she meant."