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Her new home is peculiar.
Sounds linger on the edge of her hearing, beckoning. Whispers of unnatural origins.
She verifies with her more reliable perception that these things are not real.
She is curious as to why her people wear the cloth around their eyes. The sounds are disquieting, but manageable. She removes the cloth and goes to find out.
She does this only once.
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A pair of knives are given to her, and she loves their weight in her hands.
She carries them everywhere.
She thinks, I love them because I understand them. Because they are me.
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She watches God with wariness, and He notices. He is not fond of her, as she Him.
The people of this place seem to all hold respect for Him. He is the first, apparently, and the most accomplished. He claims that He is the one who has created them, but the girl alone remembers the bargain she had made and knows this to be a lie.
He is planning something. She is sure of it. She says nothing, but watches closely.