“Min said your babies would be strong and healthy,” Birgitte said. “Not that you would be healthy when they arrived.” “How else would they come?” “I’ve seen people knocked in the head so hard that they’re never the same, girl,” Birgitte said. “Some live for years, but never speak another word and have to be fed broth and live with a bedpan. You could lose an arm or two and still bear healthy children. And what about the people around you? Give you no thought to the danger you could cause them?”
