Deserted
Both words in one sentence
- Averted in The Eyes of the Dragon where two deserters are in line for execution, despite having only deserted to help their families survive an unusually harsh winter, then returned to their posts.
Source: Dangerous Deserter - When you go back to the person who gave you the item, they claim to have either had another copy all along, or even more improbably, claim that somebody else saw you drop it (In a deserted alternate universe?) and returned it to them.
Source: Enough to Go Around -
When the rescue crew watches the video logs on the now deserted ship after it returned from the journey they see the former crew engaging in various deranged acts of graphic self-mutilation after the madness of the place took them over.
Source: Go Mad from the Revelation
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