What were the forces that played with this life? If she were being toyed with out of spite, at some point it would end, and she could move on. For example if public opinion were against her, times change, and eventually she could walk in the sun again one day. But who or what would want to torment a girl of only fourteen for the rest of her life? The thought was oppressive. Of course…it had to be the gods who were behind it all. The gods who whispered in her ear that she was better off not being born. The gods who declared she must suffer her whole life. What did Tokue think about life once
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