Status Updates From A Forest, Darkly

I tried to read this to go to sleep last night but I got scared and had to unwind with dog videos on my phone

Y’all… shit is hitting the fan fr

I was wondering if Mehrab had considered that her pregnancies from Faolan miscarried, as well… so it may be a *her* thing, not a *tree baby* thing

“A child who became a murderer rather than a victim- and that’s a heavy burden, for women are taught to be victims first.”

“I offer no chains, I will take whatever crumb you’re prepared to give.”

“… a thing that’s as much a prayer as a spell (I’ve never been entirely sure of the difference between the two).”

“The church’ll tell you their Lord created the heavens and earth in seven days, but that seems unlikely to me. Takes a woman nine months to gestate… I think that’s just men trying to one-up everything when they know full well they can’t birth anything but ideas.”