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Though not a plant I have leaves. though not a beast I have spine. Though many wouldn't need me I am more valuable than wine.
Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What am I?
I do not have eyes but I once could see. I used to have thoughts but now Iβm empty.
I have a title and many pages. I am a genteel of genteel descent. I am a killer veteran of war. I am a slave to my lord pledged to his service.
I have a name written on me, but it isnβt my name. Men plant me, but I never grow. They look at me and see their future, rotting in my bloom.
I can be found in water but never wet