Brood of Bones

by A.E. Marling

My inability to think of an explanation in no way removed the possibility one existed.

“I will go, as sanity is obviously in need of a champion.”

“The richness of your clothes speaks to the poverty of your soul.”

My gowns protected me from scorn, and stripping them away would reveal the full emptiness of my life.

“Only threaten those you know, or you may not hit upon what they most fear.

“The key to keeping one's word is to never give it.”

Better to grow your own cages, and trick souls to enter them.”

“Your belief is not required, for it to be true.”