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Cursing someone with a pointed stick brings doom

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In several deeply rooted traditions, simply pointing an object at a victim while chanting is enough to seal their fate. The psychological terror of being targeted is so intense that victims sometimes actually faint from pure expectation.

Cursing someone with a pointed stick brings doom
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