Fabulous meditation on what we humans do when we encounter the magical, which is to tear it apart. The line about the four friends moving as a “many-legged” organism was my favorite. Their urge to protect her only once her vulnerability is unavoidable is wonderfully done.
Fabulous meditation on what we humans do when we encounter the magical, which is to tear it apart. The line about the four friends moving as a “many-legged” organism was my favorite. Their urge to protect her only once her vulnerability is unavoidable is wonderfully done.
Beautiful story!