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I can’t!” She wailed. ’There was a story there, which he did not tell. She was grinning like a madwoman. ”“And now, here I am, a minister without portfolio, about to do something that would make Brautigan explode with delight, about to meet one of the Great Old Ones, in his very vat, in person.

The man smiles politely, and doesn’t take a seat uninvited. If Shiron had wanted to seek revenge on Arighan, she could have taken it years ago. Letting my father lose the farm wasn’t a choice I could even imagine. The elephants across the river stared back.