“ If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above? ”
She said, You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?In compassion. Because of necessity. Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. The same way you carry water.
~ Elizabeth Bear
What was a book? Not just ink and fiber and stitchery: a series of processes. To a wizard, it was not a static object--but a human thought caught and bound, made concrete through sacred technology. Magic, then, and a deep form of it.
Some would say a whore don't have no expectation of Heaven. I'd say, if she gives value for cash, she's got a better shot at God's blessing than your average banker. Jesus loved Mary Magdalene. He kicked over tables when He met a moneylender.
She was alive. She was alive, and she had found her power — or it had found her.Tomorrow’s problems she’d take care of tomorrow.
