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                                                                           by Elizabeth Bear

                                                                           11 December 2006

                                                                           Nilufer raised her eyes to
                                                                           his. It was not what
                                                                           women did to men, but
                                                                           she was a princess, and
                                                                           he was only a bandit. "I
                                                                           want to be a Witch," she
                                                                           said. "A Witch and not a
                                                                           Queen. I wish to be not
                                                                           loved, but wise. Tell your
                                                                           bandit lord, if he can give
                                                                           me that, I might accept his
                                                                           gift."

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