My father was a powerful man, and the only being other than myself I have ever truly loved.
Or perhaps I loved the power; I cannot tell any longer.
Pretty thing, such a pretty little thing.
In the cold nights, by the fire, when he dragged a man or woman to be His for the evening, he'd say Karasu, look away.
I did, solemnly. But the mewling, pleading,
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