her parents already had two daughters who could see the Quilt, which could only mean a third was on the way. The moira-born always came in three, like the Moirae, the goddesses of Fate, themselves. The firstborn was the spinner, who could weave new threads. The second was the drawer; she could elongate or shorten a thread, intensifying or weakening the corresponding feeling. And the youngest was the cutter, able to cut whatever thread she desired, even life-threads.

