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Heidi *Bookwyrm Babe, Voyeur of Covers, Caresser of Spines, Unashamed Smut Slut, the Always Sleepy Wyrm of the Stacks, and Drinker of Tea and Wine*
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Dawn had passed and it was most of the way to morning when the baby emerged into the world, looked around, and burst into tears. “You get used to it,� the Sister told the infant, and handed the child to Marra, who stared at it with intense horror. It was bloody and wrinkly and reddish gray and looked like the sort of thing you would drive back to hell with holy water. “Um,� said Marra. “Is it � Is…� The mother was panting and could hardly breathe. “It cried. It’s alive, right?� “Oh yes,� said Marra hurriedly. “Very alive.� She stared at it, trying to find something else to say. “Has arms and
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the history of the world was written in women’s wombs and women’s blood and she would never be allowed to change it.
“Magic said that you needed me?� He was smiling now, but it was a smile like his laugh, not so much humorous as incredulous at the shape of the world. “Don’t get any ideas,� said the dust-wife. “Might turn out that our fate is sealed inside a jar and we need someone to loosen the lid.� His laugh that time had genuine humor in it, which seemed to surprise Fenris as much as it surprised Marra.
“You cannot help people who do not want help,� rumbled Fenris. “You can’t force someone to do what you think is best for them.� He paused, then added, somewhat reluctantly, “Well, you can. But they don’t appreciate it and most of the time it turns out that you were wrong.�
