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A beacon from home to guide your way. It can be a lifesaver on a stormy day. What is it?
Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again.
I march before armies, a thousand salute me. My fall can bring victory, but no one would shoot me. The wind is my lover, one-Βlegged am I. Name me and see me at home in the sky.
I go around in circles, but always straight ahead. Never complain, no matter where I am led.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.