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Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.

"What do you want?" As if that were a simple question to answer. People generally don't know what they want, though they almost uniformly hate being told what it should be.

"Everything is extraordinary about you, Tress," her mother said. "That's why nothing in particular stands out." Well, parents have to say things like that. They're required to see the best in their children, otherwise living with the little sociopaths would drive a person mad.

An acceptable little poem, if you're the sort of barbarian who enjoys slant rhymes.

The locals worshipped those twelve moons as gods, which we can all agree is far more ridiculous than whatever it is you worship.