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Upperearth is an ethereal realm not visited by humans, and infrequently visited by demons. It is a blue, cloudy realm, with hazy mountains ever at the horizon but impossible to reach. One feature is a glass well that contains the water of immortality; it is guarded by two "angelic" beings. The
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a man who is handsome and young on his right side, and withered, ugly, and demonic on his left side. His right hand is entirely demonic: the fingers are brass snakes, and the thumb is a black beetle. Chuz typically wears white gloves and a
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