“Oh, but heavens, Kihrin, if we womenfolk were running around casting spells—why, it would be the end of civilization . . . Next, we’d want to inherit, own property, have a say in who we married. Who would stay at home and have the babies? Or put up with our men beating us or having a dozen mistresses on the side? Talk sense. Next you’ll be telling me that we Quuros shouldn’t own slaves.”
