But when people cannot understand something, when they can’t make sense of a thing, they always become fearful. People fear what they do not understand, you see?”
A tempest brewed over this land. Of course it did, for this land, this place at the edge of the world, was about to execute a woman for the sin of being a woman.
You are about to execute an innocent woman for the crime of being a woman, a woman who lived fully, spoke plainly, listened intently, observed acutely, intuited wisely, loved passionately. I am too much for this world of yours,
