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“Lady, may I see your face?”
“I am Catresou,” she says. “I am the most sacred of all the Catresou, even more than my father.”
“Yes,” he says.
“Then why do you even dare to ask?”
“I am going to live and die for you,” he tells her. “I would like to know your face.”
“You will certainly die, at any rate.”
“And for the past three hours I have lived, so my prophecy is true already.”
She does laugh then; and with a twist of fear in her stomach, she realizes that she is going to say yes.
“You cannot tell anyone,” she says.
“How could I dare to boast of it,” he says, “when you have seen my face as well?”
― Bright Smoke, Cold Fire
“I am Catresou,” she says. “I am the most sacred of all the Catresou, even more than my father.”
“Yes,” he says.
“Then why do you even dare to ask?”
“I am going to live and die for you,” he tells her. “I would like to know your face.”
“You will certainly die, at any rate.”
“And for the past three hours I have lived, so my prophecy is true already.”
She does laugh then; and with a twist of fear in her stomach, she realizes that she is going to say yes.
“You cannot tell anyone,” she says.
“How could I dare to boast of it,” he says, “when you have seen my face as well?”
― Bright Smoke, Cold Fire
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