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But we aren’t like normal families. Our monsters are real. Sometimes we are the monsters.
It’s always nice when your older male relatives tell you how great it is to be a woman now, like I was an androgynous experiment before.
“All lands change for the worse when the people do not fight back. Now there is nothing left.”
The Deos don’t act for us. The Deos act through us.
I’m not the encantrix everyone thought I would be. Right now, I’m just a girl, and there is also magic in that.
“Death is the most sure but unexpected part about life. It’s almost up there with love. It’s bound to happen, but how and when—now that’s the tricky part.”
For a long time, I wanted nothing more than to be ordinary. As we run through the changing paths of this maze, I realize I was never ordinary to begin with. We are built a certain way, and the only thing I regret is that it took me so long to see that.
Even plants have feelings, after all.
Not all loves are meant to last forever. Some burn like fire until there is nothing left but ash and black ink on skin.
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