Monday, November 9, 2009

Demons and Boys

“Am I a monster?” Andrev asked.

Rastaban looked up from where he was sharpening a sword. “What makes you ask?”

Andrev lifted a hand to his forehead. “These are the marks of a demon, are they not? My mother was some sort of harlot who lay with a demon, but they keep me and say I’m a gift from the gods because I can hear the way animals think and I always know where they are and I never have to hunt because the animals let themselves be killed and --”

Rastaban shook his head. “You’re no demon; you’re a boy.”

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