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"I'm sorry, but there's no help for it. One of us has to be sold into slavery, or we'll all starve."
"Look, nobody wants to expose the runt twin on the hillside!"
"But it's a good deal! By the time she's old enough to consummate the marriage she'll be a rich widow!"
She stood on the edge of the field they should have harvested yesterday, and counted the bodies the battle had left behind among the crushed stalks.
If they didn't take some captives, soon, they'd either have to sacrifice one of their own, or risk the failure of sunrise.
"Of course the cow's bewitched! What other possible explanation could there be?"
"I know it's hard, but at least the freak show will feed the poor child."
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