Snake-Eater

by T. Kingfisher

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‘Manuel, you are not God. You aren’t omnipotent. Wanting to help is good, but this belief that you, personally, have so much power to affect the universe is starting to border on personal idolatry.’” He snorted. “He wasn’t wrong.”

“And thinking that the only way to be friends is fucking. Although that’s a lot of men’s problem, not just his.” She spat over the side of the railing.