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Kunkumapoove: The Saffron Flower, Part 3

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Ranchit handled the pistol in his hand and explained to her. “You should be able to load the pistol and take the stance to shoot.” She closely followed whatever he did. Then she took her stance and shot at the cutout with the marking. The bullet simply touched its left side and was lost in the air. “Focus, alright, you'll get it right.” Ranchit said to her. She shot again four times in a row. Thrice she missed but one of them hit the cutout, a little bit towards the left. He patiently told her to breathe. “Relax, okay? And keep your eye on the target.” Again she took her stance.  “Remember how Arjuna had eyes only for the fish’s eye, the rest was nothing for him. Only the eye.” She saw the marking and let its sight absorb within her being. Breathing in deeply, she touched the cold trigger.  Crack! The bullet was out, landing closer to the middle.  “Hm… Good, good enough.”  She lowered her arm. Sweat streamed down her face. “All you need is practice, then you'll soon ...
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Kunkumapoove: The Saffron Flower, Part 2

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The clouds appeared ghostly as they hung in the night sky. They were clearly retreating as the winds scattered them. The moon illuminated the clouds like a bright pearl lying inside an oyster. Satya would gaze at it; for minutes, for hours, until the moon would shy itself away from him and pull the clouds over like a coverlet.  “Satya?” Ishrat called out. He turned back and saw the latter approach him hurriedly.  “Does she carry anything?” He asked. “She gave Umbriel only one thing.” He said and opened his palm. It was a dart with a metal tip and red feathers, all caked with dried blood. Satya raised an eyebrow. “That's all we retrieved.”  Satya frowned and took the dart and looked at it from all sides.  “Firstly she hesitated to give it, but when she did, she requested to return it back to her. Surprisingly, she almost teared up while requesting.” He handed the dart back. “Wash it.” He removed a handkerchief and wiped his fingers.  “Does she belong to Tryambak'...
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