Pretty soon, the books were packed with everything from were-bats to water sprites.

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Thousand Arms is presented as 2D sprites inhabiting a completely 3D world.

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She managed to intercede and make peace with the troublesome sprites.

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The old 2D sprites are replaced with a full 3D world, and yet the game still runs more smoothly than some old Zynga games.

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It was once full of sprites and witches and devils.

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The inexorable progress of the Enlightenment, though it has sent devils packing and committed nymphs and sprites to the realms of silliness, has never managed to stamp out angels.

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Most memorably, though, it's a movie of minimalist moments (Molly's tiniest gestures speak volumes) and lovely, almost holy tableaux -- the three dark-skinned sprites running through the woods in their white shifts, Molly reaching out with an instinctive gesture to protect little Daisy from disaster.

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