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there's another tale thats gets told a lot about castles or fotified homes and that's about the height of the steps in a staircase

on the staircases most of the steps on the stairs are a constant(ish) height except one or two

the story is if that someone is running fast up or down the stairs (presumingly they're chasing someone who lives/ works in the castle) and this odd step will trip the attackers up - assuming they're not familiar with the odd height of one of the steps




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