‘The queen was wondering about that.’ ‘Wondering?’ ‘All right. Fretting. Well, more like a cornered cat, come to think of it, so not fretting at all. Snarling, all claws out, fear blazing in her eyes.’ Yedan’s jaws bunched, as if he was still chewing cheese, and then he said, ‘Is that what you wake up to every morning, Withal?’ He sighed, squinted at Lightfall. ‘Never been married, have you? I can tell.’ ‘Not much interested.’ ‘In any of that?’ ‘In women.’ ‘Ah. Well, among the Meckros, men marry each other all the time. I figure they see how men and women do it, and want that for themselves.’
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