"And what blessing will you give, daughter?" "I will give her steel and bone. I will give her circuits of starlight and infinite memory, and I will give her the strength and compassion to endure until the last star goes cold."
She was only at the theater because she had to be. Her contract did not cover extradimensional beings, so she ignored him as if nothing strange was happening backstage at all.
I bought it years ago for myself, before I had kids, and I stumbled on it again when looking for The Last Unicorn for my son. He wanted to read "The Old Country" first when he saw the cover.
That one run, that one asteroid had more gold than all known earthbound reserves and mines. It was more than riches, it was true wealth, with implications in electronics, art, architecture, dentistry, and even water filtration. But nobody saw this as its major effect on humanity.
The other day, on a recommendation from a friend, I stopped at a tiny little store in a tiny little strip mall. The store is staffed by tiny ladies who speak mostly Spanish, and they have about a hundred flavors of popsicles. I picked mango-chile, and it was perfect in every way, but they also had dulce de leche with pecans, cucumber, and hibiscus flower. Write about someone eating an unusually flavored popsicle.
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Beauty in the dark
That thing
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http://www.shorpy.com/node/12989?size=_original#caption
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"I will give her steel and bone. I will give her circuits of starlight and infinite memory, and I will give her the strength and compassion to endure until the last star goes cold."
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Certain of the Old Gods have found a place in today's world, and a purpose in life.
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Do old memories exist somewhere else, merrily interacting?
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A cherished flavor.
Music that is red and a voice that is green.
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"Gods or Monsters, who can tell? Burn a candle, might as well."
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BTW, I love that most of the prompts here are just sensual things like the smell of wet leaves.
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