My name is Borne. —My name is not Borne. That is just something Rachel calls me. It means to carry something you don’t want to carry. My name is not-Borne and I came here on Mord’s body, no matter what Rachel says. —I did not come here on Mord’s body. —I became entangled in Mord’s fur. (Who entangled me?) —Where did I come from before that? My name is not-Borne. I did not come here on Mord’s body, but I am human. —I am not human. I am not human. I am not human. —Rachel says I am a “he.” Am I he, she, or both or neither? —I am a person. Not nice. Not nice. Beautiful. I came here from a distant
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