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“The Crocodile God only eats pretty girls,”
Lol hey howl
We must approach powerful humans in the same way we do touchy godlings: That is, we must make them feel like good people, and keep them entertained. That meant letting Dele help, though it might make my task take twice as long.
some people are only kind until they find a better way to make you stay.
No matter how many times she made mistakes, or said no, or demanded why . . . she would always deserve to be housed, and clothed, and fed, and taught to imagine a better world for herself and everyone in it.
Because there was nothing wrong with being a maid. Buildings had to be cleaned, after all, and food cooked, clothes washed, goods fetched. If maids and servants disappeared, the Realmhood would collapse overnight. I squirmed in my seat as the flagstone road bumped beneath us. None of it made sense. Since you are listening, let me ask you: If labor like mine is so crucial to the Realmhood, then why are workers like me treated so badly? And why do we put up with it?
If the wealthy could not survive without menial laborers, I realized, then they would create a world where such workers were always available. Always desperate. Plentiful and ripe for the picking, like fruit at a produce stall.
You may sing whatever you like, but you will know you have chosen a cleansing song when a weight lifts from your shoulders and a ray of warmth travels from your belly into your mind.
