It’s dangerous, though, Natalia had said to Loreda last night. Don’t forget this. When I was a girl, I saw revolution up close. Blood runs in the streets. Don’t forget for one moment that the state has all the power—money and weapons and manpower. We have heart and desperation, had been Loreda’s answer. “Yeah,” Natalia had said, exhaling smoke. “And brains. So, use yours.

