“So, where you’re from, it’s not safe to be a woman. Is it?” Flora sighed. “It’s complicated. It’s safe to be a woman if you were born to be one. I was safer in Jeff City, where horsewomen were normal. The Lion ignored us to search for breeders. We were better off. It’s not safe where it’s not understood, or part of everyday life. People sometimes feel tricked . . . or think you’re trying to upset the order of life.”
