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"all my life," tavina said, thankful that her back was turned so sokha could not see the grimace she made as she chewed the dandelion root.

"when i was very young, my uncle showed me how to dissect a mouse. not only eat it or crush it, but lay its body out and see how its organs locked into one another."

she turned round now, molding the chewed root against honey stuck to a wide leaf. this she set at sokha's paw. "since then i have been vitally fascinated by the body's processes."

the woman had very lovely eyes, she decided, though it would have been inappropriate bedside manner to ever suggest this.