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And Mother does not hate her; actually, she fears Damaya. Is there a difference? Maybe.

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...she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation.

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How terrible to be a god of change and endure grief unending.

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I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't so...more

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But for a society build on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.