He looked good, like sin in a suit. Votes: 2
Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear, no ugliness. Votes: 2
Maybe the girl would get strong enough to withstand an ink exchange with one of the chosen faeries. If not, he could always give her to one of the weaker fey. It seemed a shame to waste a lovely broken toy. Votes: 2
Exchange is creation. Votes: 3 Muriel Rukeyser
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. Votes: 4 Milton Friedman