“I s’pose a fairy story’s better than no story at all.” “It’s not a fairy story, anyway. Just because it’s in a world that never was doesn’t mean it’s a fairy story. It doesn’t mean—” “Are you gonna tell it or not?” McVries asked pettishly. “Once upon a time,” Garraty began, “there was a white knight that went out into the world on a Sacred Quest. He left his castle and walked through the Enchanted Forest—” “Knights ride,” Stebbins objected. “Rode through the Enchanted Forest, then. Rode. And he had many strange adventures. He fought off thousands of trolls and goblins and a whole shitload of
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