Had she been at all used to blushing, she would have blushed, but she wasn't, so she didn't.
Kerry GreenwoodHe'd pull a door off its hinges rather than work out how to turn a key.
Kerry Greenwood... with all the sweetness of a chocolate-coated razor-blade.
Kerry GreenwoodTruth came home one day, naked and wounded, having been beaten and cursed by the people who did not wish to hear, while his brother Falsehood went dressed in the brightest garments and feasted with every household.
“What shall I do?” cried Truth to the gods. “No man wishes to hear me and all beat me and throw things at me; look, I am covered with dung.”
“You are naked” said the goddess Maat, sympathetically. “No naked one can command respect. Therefore take these robes and you will walk without fear and all men will sit at your feet to hear your stories.” And she dressed Truth in Fable’s garments, and he was welcome at every house.
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