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| 14 Prepare for the attack by storing up water! Make your walls as strong as you can! Make some bricks out of clay! Mix the mud to hold them together! Use them to repair the walls! | 14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork! |
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