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		<title>An Update... Sort of</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all,
PLEASE DON'T STAB MY FACE! I'm really sorry it's taken so long to post anything... at all. I suck. I'm trying to suck less. So here's a relatively recent correspondence (that is now outdated in some ways) with CotF reader virulent Goblin. Thanks to vG for agreeing to let me post it!


VG: I still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 25: Ooh, a Project...</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practice was brutal—Feral kicked our asses late into the evening (literally and figuratively.) I was completely exhausted and so drenched in sweat that even my kettle-deer skin uniform felt heavy, clinging to my skin like it was trying to pull me down into a sweaty puddle on the grass. My clothes were pretty convincing.]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 24: Roo&#039;s Mom is... Intense</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rest of us jumped up to stick our heads out the door just in time to see Medica Lily stride past us. Halfway down the hall was an angry grey lump of fur and muscle I took to be Eisha. She’d taken hold of a nurse’s ponytail and was using it to pull the distressed girl’s head down to deliver a thorough—not to mention shrill—tongue-lashing face to face.]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 23: Are They Supposed to Explode?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 23, right on schedule!

This is my second chapter without the benefit of an editor (aside from myself, of course) or even a first reader, so any feedback will be much appreciated. Of course, I can always count on Pan to catch my typos, but I want to hear what you all think—aside from that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 22: Tryouts and Tribulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, there we go. Finally. Sorry I forgot to post it yesterday. I forgot everything yesterday. This is a long chapter that follows straight from chapter 21, so you might want to start from 21 again... Since it's been so long since it was posted... Sorry about that. Thanks for reading and for being so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 21: Stabbity Stab-Stab</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/134/chapter-21-stabbity-stab-stab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. Writing hates me right now, and I've got to say, I'm not too happy with it either.
Rock on. \m/
-Alex



Children of the First

Chapter Twenty-One

 by Alex McGaughan 

* * *
I barely heard a word Lenis said on Friday morning; I had scram tryouts that afternoon, so there wasn't much room for anything else. He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonus Thing 3: Nedrak Creation Myth</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/116/bonus-thing-3-nedrak-creation-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry this is going up so late. I was trying to work out how I could format it to look like it was from a scroll or something, but it was taking too long and the way I was trying to do it would have involved a big picture in the post, which would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 20: Mmm... Entrails...</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/113/chapter-20-mm-entrails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here's chapter twenty, right on schedule... at 3 a.m.
So, holiday stuff: I'm going to try to do at least one or two regular chapters between now and January 2nd, with bonus stuff going up on update days that lack chapterage (or chapterosity, if you prefer).
Thanks for reading!
Rock on. \m/ 



Children of the First

Chapter Twenty

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 19: Let’s Not Forget Who the Damsel Is Here</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/112/chapter-19-let%e2%80%99s-not-forget-who-the-damsel-is-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["You kept going after you hit your head, but Jarn and I couldn’t get to you fast enough. You rolled down the rockslide and over a ledge sticking out of the mountain. You would have fallen a good forty feet and landed on pointy things if Derrick hadn’t been there to catch you.”]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 18: I Fell Off a Mountain, Didn&#039;t I?</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/111/chapter-18-i-fell-off-a-mountain-didnt-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
So chapter 18 is finally here, all the way in from the Fiction Farm. For those of you who haven't heard via twitter or the blog, I recently finished out my last semester at Tulane University, and anxiously await my diploma. That means (hopefully) more time to write, which means more CotF: more chapters, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 17: Rock Is No Water When It Comes to Slides</title>
		<link>http://childrenofthefirst.com/main/108/chapter-17-rock-is-no-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUTHORS NOTES AND SUCH
(I have nothing new to say; the chapter took forever and you guys rock.)




Children of the First

Chapter Seventeen

 by Alex McGaughan 

* * *
I wasn’t mad about Retis catching me with the Snare—I wasn’t even thinking about Chris and his Eavesdropping on my thoughts—I was just mad. I charged at the mountain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 16: Really... Shut Up, Squishy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New chapter? Hell yeah, new chapter!
Sorry it's been a while since the last one; stupid "life" got in the way of writing.
So I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. It ended up taking forever and—surprise, surprise—I didn't get as far as I thought I would (in terms of the storyline/ plot). You would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonus Thing 2: Map of Khartan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here's a little bonus thing since I probably won't have time to write the next chapter until early next week. I drew a rough map  for my own reference after the first couple chapters, and I've been thinking of doing a more polished version for a while now. I may do another in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 15: Shawn Shall Take No Guff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ugh. I have nothing to say but HURGLRBGURLGBRGB.
Thanks for reading, guys. Couldn't do it without you. Well, I guess I could still write it... but that wouldn't be much fun, would it? Seriously though, you guys rock.



Children of the First

Chapter Fifteen

 by Alex McGaughan 

* * *
 I was in a foul mood from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 14: Dinner and a Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here's the new chapter. Sorry it's a little late. Just a reminder about the schedule: it's now one chapter a week, though that may be more like week and a half, depending on how school's going at the time. Rest assured though, there will be regular updates. CotF and I aren't going anywhere.
The conversation [...]]]></description>
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